- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- date: documentation ( source)
- strtotime: documentation ( source)
<?php
$date_created = '2014-01-05 12:30:40';
$timezone = new DateTimeZone('Europe/London');
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $date_created, $timezone);
var_dump($date);
echo date('Y-m-d H:i', strtotime($date->format('Y-m-d H:i')));