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);
    }
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
Converts a given date string into \ DateTime object