azure-storage-common/src/Common/Internal/Utilities.php
public static function rfc1123ToDateTime($date)
    {
        $timeZone = new \DateTimeZone('GMT');
        $format   = Resources::AZURE_DATE_FORMAT;

        return \DateTime::createFromFormat($format, $date, $timeZone);
    }
public static function rfc1123ToDateTime($date)
    {
        $timeZone = new \DateTimeZone('GMT');
        $format   = Resources::AZURE_DATE_FORMAT;

        return \DateTime::createFromFormat($format, $date, $timeZone);
    }
Converts a given date string into \DateTime object

@param string $date windows azure date ins string representation.

@return \DateTime