How to create an ISO8601 encoded date time in PHP

To create an ISO8601 encoded date time in PHP use Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z as the date format.

// Generates 2020-05-12T13:52:31Z
date('Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z', strtotime('2020-05-12 13:52:31'))

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