PHP date/time format, need some assistance

Question

can you please help me with formatting the following date using PHP

variable $start contains the following date

this date

Wed Feb 01 2012 05:00:00 GMT-080

should become

2012-02-01T13:00:00

I know how to use basic PHP date/time formats, but this one is a bit though-er,

thanks in advance

Answer 1

$d = new \DateTime('Wed Feb 01 2012 05:00:00 GMT-080');
echo $d->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:s');

Answer 2

echo date('Y-m-d\TH:i:s', strtotime('Wed Feb 01 2012 05:00:00 GMT-0800'));