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

If you are using <= .Net 3.0 then download TZ4Net and use OlsonTimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.StandardAbbreviation for > .Net 3.0 use NodaTime or other. The timezones names do not conform to any convention where you can rely on simple string manipulation to construct the abbreviation from an acronym. Wrong 5% of the time is still wrong.