# Time zone abbreviations package

**URL:** <https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/time-zone-abbreviations-package/10216>\
**Category:** Request Feedback\
**Created:** [May 1, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/time-zone-abbreviations-package/10216 "2025-05-01T16:18:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![aeqz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.elm-lang.org/aeqz/32/5418_2.png) [@aeqz](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/aeqz)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/time-zone-abbreviations-package/10216/1 "2025-05-01T16:18:39Z")

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Hi all! I’ve been working on a package that provides time zone abbreviations (e.g. CET, CEST) in Elm by using `elm/time` types, and I wanted to share it for feedback before releasing it. You can find more details in [the repository](https://github.com/aeqz/timezone-abbreviation) `README` file, including some research on the current status of this within other Elm packages.

This package is mainly designed to workaround the absence of abbreviation data support in the `Time.Zone` type, and in a way that can be easily used alongside packages like `timezone-data`. There’s an interesting conversation around this in [the topic](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/time-zone-explorations/1837) that introduced that same package.

Among other feedback, I would like to know about points like:

- Whether anyone here has needed to show time zone abbreviations in an Elm application and what approach was used for that.
- Any other existing alternative or context that I may have missed.
- Feedback on the documentation and API.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/elm_lang/original/1X/50a05e53677a2c3b47776d7abd0f113eb50193a1.png) [@system](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/time-zone-abbreviations-package/10216/2 "2025-05-11T16:19:08Z")

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