--TEST-- Bug #75232: print_r of DateTime creating side-effect --INI-- date.timezone=UTC --FILE-- date, "\n"; $d2 = DateTime::createFromFormat("Ymd\THis\Z", '20170920T091600Z'); print_r($d2); echo $d2->date, "\n"; ?> --EXPECTF-- Warning: Undefined property: DateTime::$date in %s on line %d DateTime Object ( [date] => 2017-09-20 09:16:00.000000 [timezone_type] => 3 [timezone] => UTC ) Warning: Undefined property: DateTime::$date in %s on line %d