- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$a = new DateTime("2014-09-24");
var_dump($a);
echo $a->format('m-d-Y');
$a = array(
"date" => "2014-09-24 00:00:00.000000",
"timezone_type" => 3,
"timezone" => "Europe/Amsterdam");
echo "\n",$a["date"];
?>