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## dateTimeFormatWithAbbrevation variable

### dateTimeFormatWithAbbrevation variable

Helper function to format date and time according to the Grafana default formatting, but it also appends the time zone abbreviation at the end e.g. 2020-05-20 13:37:00 CET. If no options are supplied, then default values are used. For more details please see [DateTimeOptions](./data/datetimeoptions.md)<!-- -->.

<b>Signature</b>

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

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