- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$EventDate = "2014-10-10";
$EventTimeStart = "09:46:00";
$dtCurrent = new \DateTime("now");
$dtUpdate = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', "{$EventDate} {$EventTimeStart}");
$outcome = $dtUpdate < $dtCurrent;
var_dump( $dtCurrent, $dtUpdate, $outcome );