Customizing date fromat?

Hey folks,

I have a date format that looks like so

<div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><abbr class="published" title="2010-10-17T02:23:40+0000">Oct 7 2010</abbr></span> </div>

I am trying to wrap unique id’s around the three elements ie “oct” “7” “2010”. Is there a way to add some div or span tags around these?

example of final

<div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-date"><abbr class="published" title="2010-10-17T02:23:40+0000"><div id="month" > Oct</div> <div id="day" > 7 </div> <div id="year" >2010</div></abbr></span> </div>