<?php
$date = new DateTime('2015-11-11 15:00:00', new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
$timezoneformat = "e I O Z Y-m-d H:i:s";
//var_dump($date);
echo "\ntimezone ", $date->format($timezoneformat),"\n";
echo "\n Date timestamp using format(): " . $date->format('U');
echo "\ntimezone ", $date->format($timezoneformat),"\n";
echo "\n Date timestamp using getTimestamp(): " . $date->getTimestamp();
echo "\ntimezone ", $date->format($timezoneformat),"\n";
echo "\nChanging timezone to CET";
$date->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('CET'));
echo "\ntimezone ", $date->format($timezoneformat),"\n";
echo "\n Date timestamp using format(): " . $date->format('U') . ' NB: This has changed?!?!';
echo "\ntimezone ", $date->format($timezoneformat),"\n";
echo "\n Date timestamp using getTimestamp(): " . $date->getTimestamp() . ' NB: Now it is back?!?!';
echo "\ntimezone ", $date->format($timezoneformat),"\n";
echo "\n Date timestamp using format() again: " . $date->format('U') . ' NB: Now it is back?!?!';
echo "\ntimezone ", $date->format($timezoneformat),"\n";
timezone UTC 0 +0000 0 2015-11-11 15:00:00
Date timestamp using format(): 1447254000
timezone UTC 0 +0000 0 2015-11-11 15:00:00
Date timestamp using getTimestamp(): 1447254000
timezone UTC 0 +0000 0 2015-11-11 15:00:00
Changing timezone to CET
timezone CET 0 +0100 3600 2015-11-11 16:00:00
Date timestamp using format(): 1447254000 NB: This has changed?!?!
timezone CET 0 +0100 3600 2015-11-11 16:00:00
Date timestamp using getTimestamp(): 1447254000 NB: Now it is back?!?!
timezone CET 0 +0100 3600 2015-11-11 16:00:00
Date timestamp using format() again: 1447254000 NB: Now it is back?!?!
timezone CET 0 +0100 3600 2015-11-11 16:00:00
timezone UTC 0 +0000 0 2015-11-11 15:00:00
Date timestamp using format(): 1447254000
timezone UTC 0 +0000 0 2015-11-11 15:00:00
Date timestamp using getTimestamp(): 1447254000
timezone UTC 0 +0000 0 2015-11-11 15:00:00
Changing timezone to CET
timezone CET 0 +0100 3600 2015-11-11 16:00:00
Date timestamp using format(): 1447257600 NB: This has changed?!?!
timezone CET 0 +0100 3600 2015-11-11 16:00:00
Date timestamp using getTimestamp(): 1447254000 NB: Now it is back?!?!
timezone CET 0 +0100 3600 2015-11-11 16:00:00
Date timestamp using format() again: 1447254000 NB: Now it is back?!?!
timezone CET 0 +0100 3600 2015-11-11 16:00:00