diff --git a/web/packages/shared/services/loc/loc.test.ts b/web/packages/shared/services/loc/loc.test.ts
index 46b8d5608d52e..b66e546ae5abb 100644
--- a/web/packages/shared/services/loc/loc.test.ts
+++ b/web/packages/shared/services/loc/loc.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-import { displayDate, displayDateTime } from './loc';
+import { displayDate, displayDateTime, dateTimeShortFormat } from './loc';
 
 const testDate = new Date('2022-01-28T16:00:44.309Z');
 
@@ -31,3 +31,7 @@ test('displayDateTime', () => {
 
   expect(output).toBe('2022-01-28 16:00:44');
 });
+
+test('dateTimeShortFormat', () => {
+  expect(dateTimeShortFormat(testDate)).toEqual('4:00 PM');
+});
diff --git a/web/packages/shared/services/loc/loc.ts b/web/packages/shared/services/loc/loc.ts
index e4af2b6663f13..dc33c09b5cf2a 100644
--- a/web/packages/shared/services/loc/loc.ts
+++ b/web/packages/shared/services/loc/loc.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { format } from 'date-fns';
 import Logger from 'shared/libs/logger';
 import cfg from 'shared/config';
 
+const DEFAULT_LOCALE = 'en-US';
 const isTest = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test';
 
 const logger = Logger.create('services/loc');
@@ -83,3 +84,15 @@ export function displayDateTime(date: Date) {
 export function dateToUtc(date: Date) {
   return new Date(date.getTime() + date.getTimezoneOffset() * 60 * 1000);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Accepts a date and returns the formatted time part of the date.
+ * The format depends on the browser and system settings locale,
+ * eg: if locale was `en-US` the returned value will be say `4:00 PM`.
+ *
+ * During tests, the locale will always default to `en-US`.
+ */
+export function dateTimeShortFormat(date: Date) {
+  const locale = isTest ? DEFAULT_LOCALE : undefined;
+  return new Intl.DateTimeFormat(locale, { timeStyle: 'short' }).format(date);
+}