---
title: abbreviation
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: foundation/nstimezone/abbreviation
---

# abbreviation

The abbreviation for the receiver, such as “EDT” (Eastern Daylight Time).

## Declaration

```swift
var abbreviation: String? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Invokes abbreviation(for:) with the current date as the argument.

## See Also

### Getting Time Zone Information

- [name](foundation/nstimezone/name.md)
- [abbreviation(for:)](foundation/nstimezone/abbreviation(for:).md)
- [secondsFromGMT](foundation/nstimezone/secondsfromgmt.md)
- [secondsFromGMT(for:)](foundation/nstimezone/secondsfromgmt(for:).md)
- [data](foundation/nstimezone/data.md)
- [timeZoneDataVersion](foundation/nstimezone/timezonedataversion.md)
- [NSTimeZone.NameStyle](foundation/nstimezone/namestyle.md)