diff --git a/apps-rendering/src/date.test.ts b/apps-rendering/src/date.test.ts
index 7175329d09d..b6b3963a2d0 100644
--- a/apps-rendering/src/date.test.ts
+++ b/apps-rendering/src/date.test.ts
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ describe('fromString', () => {
 describe('formatLocal', () => {
 	test('returns correct local time zone (local timezone is Europe/London set in TZ global variable)', () => {
 		expect(formatLocal(new Date('2020-03-11T17:25:00'))).toBe(
-			'Wed 11 Mar 2020 17.25 (Greenwich Mean Time)',
+			'Wed 11 Mar 2020 17.25 GMT',
 		);
 	});
 
 	test('returns Europe/London local time for non UTC time', () => {
 		expect(formatLocal(new Date('2012/02/10 10:10:30 +0180'))).toBe(
-			'Fri 10 Feb 2012 07.50 (Greenwich Mean Time)',
+			'Fri 10 Feb 2012 07.50 GMT',
 		);
 	});
 });
diff --git a/apps-rendering/src/date.ts b/apps-rendering/src/date.ts
index f57bf3593a0..d365dcb96d0 100644
--- a/apps-rendering/src/date.ts
+++ b/apps-rendering/src/date.ts
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@ const localTime12Hr = (date: Date): string =>
 		.replace(':', '.')
 		.toLowerCase();
 
-const localTimeZone = (date: Date): string =>
-	/\(.*?\)$/.exec(date.toTimeString())?.pop() ?? '';
-
 const localTimeZoneAbbr = (date: Date): string =>
 	/([^\s]+)$/
 		.exec(date.toLocaleString([], { timeZoneName: 'short' }))
@@ -176,7 +173,7 @@ const fullyFormat = (date: Date): string =>
 const formatLocal = (date: Date): string =>
 	`${localDay(date)} ${date.getDate()} ${localMonth(
 		date,
-	)} ${date.getFullYear()} ${localTime(date)} ${localTimeZone(date)}`;
+	)} ${date.getFullYear()} ${localTime(date)} ${localTimeZoneAbbr(date)}`;
 
 const formatLocalTimeDateTz = (date: Date): string =>
 	`${localTime12Hr(date)} ${date.getDate()} ${localMonth(