- date_default_timezone_set: documentation ( source)
<?php
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
$utc = new DateTimeZone('UTC');
$time = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', '2014-05-19 11:30:00', $utc);
foreach (['BST', 'GMT+1', 'CEST'] as $abbr) {
$seconds = (new DateTimeZone($abbr))->getOffset($time);
$local = clone $time;
$time->modify("+{$seconds} seconds");
echo "{$abbr}: {$local->format(DATE_RFC822)}", PHP_EOL;
}