reference http://www.w3schools.com/sql/func_date_format.asp
using the mysql date_format will help me to split the date by the time and vice versa..
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//test
<div style="font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;font-size:26px;font-weight: bold;color:#B0166C;"> Program</div>
<?php $timetable="getSet($db," select"="" event_timeline_id,date_format(event_timeline_time,'%d="" %b,="" %y')="" as="" eventdate,="" date_format(event_timeline_time,'%h:%i')="" as="" eventtime,event_timeline_descr="" from="" event_timeline="" where="" event_id="?" order="" by="" event_timeline_time="" asc",array($event_id));="" $last_datetime="" ;="" $day="0;" foreach="" ($timetable="" as="" $time)="" {="" if="" ($last_datetime!="$time['eventdate'])" {="" echo=""?><div style='margin-bottom:5px;border-bottom:3px #B0166C solid'> </div>";
$day+=1;
echo "<span style="\" font-family:"="" 'roboto',="" sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:="" bold;color:#b0166c;\"=""> Day {$day} : </span><span style="\" font-family:"="" 'roboto',="" sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:="" bold;color:#000000;\"="">{$time['eventdate']}</span>
";
}
else
echo "
* * *
";
echo "<span style="\" font-family:"="" 'roboto',="" sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:="" bold;color:#b0166c;\"=""> {$time['eventtime']} </span><span style="\" font-family:"="" 'roboto',="" sans-serif;font-size:18px;color:#000000;\"="">{$time['event_timeline_descr']}</span>";
$last_datetime = $time['eventdate'];
}
?>
the dbase records 
running my query
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select event_timeline_id,DATE_FORMAT(event_timeline_time,'%d %b, %Y') as eventdate, DATE_FORMAT(event_timeline_time,'%H:%i') as eventtime,event_timeline_descr from event_timeline where event_id=? order by event_timeline_time ASC
the result : 
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CREATE TABLE event_timeline (
event_timeline_id int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
event_id int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
event_timeline_time datetime DEFAULT NULL,
event_timeline_descr text COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci,
PRIMARY KEY (event_timeline_id)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=8 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci;
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