I ended up using:
$dates = tribe_get_recurrence_start_dates(get_the_ID());
$firstdate = date(‘F jS \a\t g:i a’, strtotime($dates[0]));
if ($dates[1]) { // in case there is no second date
$firstdate .= date(‘ \a\n\d g:i a’, strtotime($dates[1]));
}
$event_output .= ‘<span class=”duration time”>’ . $firstdate . ‘</span>’;
instead of:
apply_filters( ‘event_list_details’, tribe_events_event_schedule_details(), $atts, $post )
its kind of a hack but works enough to get what i’m after.
I still needed the date so turning off the tool tip was only one step.
I may need that in the future though, thanks for the reply.