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## timeZoneAbbrevation variable

### timeZoneAbbrevation variable

Helper function to return only the time zone abbreviation for a given date and time value. If no options are supplied, then default values are used. For more details please see [DateTimeOptions](./data/datetimeoptions.md)<!-- -->.

<b>Signature</b>

```typescript
timeZoneAbbrevation: DateTimeFormatter
```
<b>Import</b>

```typescript
import { timeZoneAbbrevation } from '@grafana/data';
```