Here we check the valid strings for the argument of the Date:: class constructor to create Date object under JavaScript, ie,

<script type="text/javascript">
var objDate;
objDate = new Date("Apr 16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200");
<script>

We are trying to get the PHP date format string to format date time to form the pipeline PHP DateTime() => js Date() => document.write() to output on screen. Here is the summary of cases we tested for you:

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
0	Apr 16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200	+	+	+	+	+	+
1	Apr 16 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200	+	+	+	+	+	+
2	Apr 16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+2	+	+	+	+	+	+
3	2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+0200	-	+	-	-	+	+
4	2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+02:00	-	+	-	-	+	+
5	2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+200	-	+	-	-	+	+
6	16 Apr 2025 00:43:43+02:00	-	+	-	-	-	-
7	Apr 16 2025 00:43:43 GMT+2:00	-	+	+	-	+	+
8	Apr 16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+02:00	-	+	+	-	+	+
9	2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+2	-	+	-	-	+	+
10	2025-04-16 00:43:43	-	+	-	-	+	+
11	2025-04-16T00:43:43+02:00	+	+	+	+	+	-
12	2025-04-16 00:43:43+02:00	-	+	-	-	-	-
13	04-16-2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200	+	+	-	-	-	+
14	04/16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200	+	+	+	-	+	+
15	16-Apr-2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200	-	+	-	+	-	+

Tab. I: + Valid Date Time String for Javascript::Date() class, - Invalid.

JavaScript is very English speaking. In effect, among the 3 first universal formats, the English month abbreviation is used. As it can be observed that no pure numerical date string is found like "2025-04-16 00:43:43" to fit JavaScript syntax in all browsers. Please check this with your preferred browser.

Detail of JavaScript Tests

Below, the bold date time outputs at the right hand side of => are the JavaScript Date Class results.

0. Good Format "mmm dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT+0200"

For example, Apr 16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200 => Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
0	Apr 16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200	+	+	+	+	+	+

This format is valid for all browsers in our hands, including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Mobile Safari. On PHP, you get this DateTime format of the current time by

<?php
$objDateTime = new DateTime();
$strDateTime = $objDateTime->format("M d, Y H:i:s \G\M\TO");
?>

One observes that this is the Standard English Date Time expression.

1. Another Good Format "mmm dd yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT+0200"

For example, Apr 16 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200 => Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
1	Apr 16 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200	+	+	+	+	+	+

This format is also valid for all browsers in our hands, including IE, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Safari Mobile. On PHP, you get this DateTime format of the current time by

<?php
$objDateTime = new DateTime();
$strDateTime = $objDateTime->format("M d Y H:i:s \G\M\TO");
?>

One notes that this is another English Date Time expression with timezone.

2. Good Format "mmm dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT+2"

For example, Apr 16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+2 => Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
2	Apr 16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+2	+	+	+	+	+	+

As shown, you can shorten the timezone notification.

Bad Formats

All following date time strings are good for some browsers, but unfortunately bad for others.

3. Format "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss GMT+0200"

For example, 2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+0200 => Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
3	2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+0200	-	+	-	-	+	+

4. Format "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss GMT+02:00"

For example, 2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+02:00 => Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
4	2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+02:00	-	+	-	-	+	+

4. Format "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss GMT+0200"

For example, 2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+02:00 => Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
5	2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+200	-	+	-	-	+	+

6. Format "dd mmm yyyy hh:mm:ss+02:00"

For example, 16 Apr 2025 00:43:43+02:00 => Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
6	16 Apr 2025 00:43:43+02:00	-	+	-	-	-	-

7. Format "mmm dd yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT+02:00"

For example, Apr 16 2025 00:43:43 GMT+2:00 => Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
7	Apr 16 2025 00:43:43 GMT+2:00	-	+	+	-	+	+

8. Format "mmm dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT+02:00"

For example, Apr 16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+02:00 => Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
8	Apr 16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+02:00	-	+	+	-	+	+

9. Format "yyyy-mmm-dd hh:mm:ss GMT+2"

For example, 2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+2 => Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
9	2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+2	-	+	-	-	+	+

10. Format "yyyy-mmm-dd hh:mm:ss"

For example, 2025-04-16 00:43:43 => Wed Apr 16 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
10	2025-04-16 00:43:43	-	+	-	-	+	+

11. Format "yyyy-mmm-ddThh:mm:ss+02:00"

For example, 2025-04-16T00:43:43+02:00 => Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
11	2025-04-16T00:43:43+02:00	+	+	+	+	+	-

You get this format by PHP5 DateTime=>format('c'). It's regrettable that JavaScript Mobile Safari does not support this format, as this is the universal date time string, used by SQL server, MySQL Server, ...

12. Format "yyyy-mmm-dd hh:mm:ss GMT+02:00"

For example, 2025-04-16 00:43:43+02:00 => Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
12	2025-04-16 00:43:43+02:00	-	+	-	-	-	-

13. Format "mm-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT+0200"

For example, 04-16-2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200 => Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
13	04-16-2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200	+	+	-	-	-	+

14. Format "mm/dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT+0200"

For example, 04/16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200 => Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

#	js new Date() Feed	IE	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Opera	Mobile
14	04/16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200	+	+	+	-	+	+

JavaScript new Date() running results at one single glance under Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)

Below, we summarize the date time feed checked above in a single table under your current browser.

#	PHP DateTime->format	js new Date() Feed	js new Date() outputs
0	M d, Y H:i:s \G\M\TO	Apr 16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
1	M d Y H:i:s \G\M\TO	Apr 16 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
2		Apr 16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+2	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
3	Y-m-d H:i:s \G\M\TO	2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+0200	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
4	Y-m-d H:i:s \G\M\TP	2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+02:00	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
5		2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+200	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
6	d M Y H:i:s \G\M\TP	16 Apr 2025 00:43:43+02:00	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
7		Apr 16 2025 00:43:43 GMT+2:00	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
8	M d Y H:i:s \G\M\TP	Apr 16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+02:00	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
9		2025-04-16 00:43:43 GMT+2	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
10	Y-m-d H:i:s	2025-04-16 00:43:43	Wed Apr 16 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
11	c	2025-04-16T00:43:43+02:00	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
12	Y-m-d H:i:sP	2025-04-16 00:43:43+02:00	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
13	m-d-Y H:i:s\G\M\TO	04-16-2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
14	m/d, Y H:i:s\G\M\TO	04/16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
15	d-M-Y H:i:s \G\M\TO	16-Apr-2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200	Tue Apr 15 2025 22:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Tab II: Real-Time JavaScript Date() Results with different Date time feed. See php.net: date — Format a local time/date.

Here the column "PHP DateTime->format" gives the format string to be used to obtain the "js new Date() Feed" column for JavaScript Date Constructor. The last column "js new Date() outputs" is JavaScript running results given by new Date(Date-Time String):

<script type="text/javascript">
document.write(new Date("Apr 16, 2025 00:43:43 GMT+0200"));
</script>