- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$tz = new DateTimeZone('America/Los_Angeles');
$now = new DateTime('11 Nov 2014', $tz);
$twoDaysAgo1 = new DateTime('11 Nov 2014 -2 days', $tz);
$twoDaysAgo2 = new DateTime('11 Nov 2014 -172800 seconds', $tz);
$twoDaysAgo3 = new DateTime('@' . ($now->getTimestamp() - 172800), $tz);
var_dump($twoDaysAgo1->getTimestamp());
var_dump($twoDaysAgo2->getTimestamp());
var_dump($twoDaysAgo3->getTimestamp());