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 05:00:0         


        

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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