$timestamp = $dt->strftime("%a %b %e, %Y - %k:%M:%S");  #timestamp in the database like this

@timestamp = split (/ /, $timestamp);
    $this_day = "@ timestamp[0]";
    $this_month = "@ timestamp[1]"; 
    $this_date = "@ timestamp[2]";  
    $this_year = "@ timestamp[3]";            
    $this_dash = "@ timestamp[4]";  
    $this_time = "@ timestamp[5]";