<?php
        $myarray=array(
                    0 => array
                        (
                            'dateTime' => '2013-12-02T10:00:00-08:00',
                            'chanl1' => '20.10',
                            'chanl2' => '45.4',
                            'chanl3' => '',
                        ),

                    1 => array
                        (
                            'dateTime' => '2013-12-02T11:00:00-08:00',
                            'chanl1' => '20.11',
                            'chanl2' => '45.4',
                            'chanl3' => '',
                        ),
                  2 => array
                        (
                            'dateTime' => '2013-12-02T12:00:00-08:00',
                            'chanl1' => '20.12',
                            'chanl2' => '33.8',
                            'chanl3' => '',
                        ),

                    3 => array
                        (
                            'dateTime' => '2013-12-02T09:00:00-08:00',
                            'chanl1' => '20.9',
                            'chanl2' => '33.9',
                            'chanl3' => ''
                        ));

            foreach($myarray as $c=>$key) {
                    $dateTime[] = $key['dateTime'];               		 
            }			
			

        array_multisort($dateTime,SORT_ASC,SORT_STRING,$myarray);   
        echo "<pre>";
		print_r($myarray);
		?>

<pre>Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [dateTime] => 2013-12-02T09:00:00-08:00
            [chanl1] => 20.9
            [chanl2] => 33.9
            [chanl3] => 
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [dateTime] => 2013-12-02T10:00:00-08:00
            [chanl1] => 20.10
            [chanl2] => 45.4
            [chanl3] => 
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [dateTime] => 2013-12-02T11:00:00-08:00
            [chanl1] => 20.11
            [chanl2] => 45.4
            [chanl3] => 
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [dateTime] => 2013-12-02T12:00:00-08:00
            [chanl1] => 20.12
            [chanl2] => 33.8
            [chanl3] => 
        )

)