--TEST-- Bug #73426 (createFromFormat with 'z' format char results in incorrect time) --INI-- date.timezone=UTC --FILE-- <?php $date = '2016 12:00:00 15'; $format = 'Y H:i:s z'; var_dump(DateTime::createFromFormat($format, $date)); $date = '16 12:00:00 2016'; $format = 'z H:i:s Y'; var_dump(DateTime::createFromFormat($format, $date)); ?> --EXPECTF-- object(DateTime)#%d (%d) { ["date"]=> string(26) "2016-01-16 12:00:00.000000" ["timezone_type"]=> int(3) ["timezone"]=> string(3) "UTC" } object(DateTime)#%d (%d) { ["date"]=> string(26) "2016-01-17 12:00:00.000000" ["timezone_type"]=> int(3) ["timezone"]=> string(3) "UTC" }