How to display DateTime with an abbreviated Time Zone?

Question

I am aware of the System.TimeZone class as well as the many uses of the DateTime.ToString() method. What I haven\'t been able to find is a way to convert a DateTime to a st

Answer 1

Here's my quick hack method I just made to work around this.

public static String TimeZoneName(DateTime dt)
{
    String sName = TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime(dt) 
        ? TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.DaylightName 
        : TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.StandardName;

    String sNewName = "";
    String[] sSplit = sName.Split(new char[]{' '});
    foreach (String s in sSplit)
        if (s.Length >= 1)
            sNewName += s.Substring(0, 1);

    return sNewName;
}