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<?php
$var[] = ['date'=>'2014-01-03 00:00:00','timezone_type'=>3,'timezone'=>'Europe/Berlin'];
var_dump($var['date']);
list($y, $m, $d) = explode('-', '2014-03-07');
echo $d." day \n";
echo $m." month \n";
echo $y." year \n";