diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index c73b4f587cc7..3d1196412681 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+process.env.TZ = 'UTC';
+
 module.exports = {
   verbose: false,
   transform: {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/datetime/timezones.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/datetime/timezones.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..30f1b9d62fac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/datetime/timezones.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { getTimeZoneInfo } from './timezones';
+import { setTimeZoneResolver } from './common';
+
+describe('getTimeZoneInfo', () => {
+  // global timezone is set to UTC, see jest-config.js file
+
+  describe('IANA canonical name of the timezone', () => {
+    it('should resolve for default timezone', () => {
+      setTimeZoneResolver(() => 'browser');
+      const result = getTimeZoneInfo('', Date.now());
+      expect(result?.ianaName).toBe('Africa/Abidjan');
+    });
+
+    it('should resolve for browser timezone', () => {
+      // global timezone is set to UTC
+      const result = getTimeZoneInfo('browser', Date.now());
+      expect(result?.ianaName).toBe('Africa/Abidjan');
+    });
+    it('should resolve for utc timezone', () => {
+      // global timezone is set to UTC
+      const result = getTimeZoneInfo('utc', Date.now());
+      expect(result?.ianaName).toBe('UTC');
+    });
+
+    it('should resolve for given timezone', () => {
+      // global timezone is set to UTC
+      const result = getTimeZoneInfo('Europe/Warsaw', Date.now());
+      expect(result?.ianaName).toBe('Europe/Warsaw');
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/datetime/timezones.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/datetime/timezones.ts
index 46a4c37eb3e5..e9e979a30bf3 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/datetime/timezones.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/datetime/timezones.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export interface TimeZoneInfo {
   countries: TimeZoneCountry[];
   abbreviation: string;
   offsetInMins: number;
+  ianaName: string;
 }
 
 export interface GroupedTimeZones {
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ const mapInternal = (zone: string, timestamp: number): TimeZoneInfo | undefined
     case InternalTimeZones.utc: {
       return {
         name: 'Coordinated Universal Time',
+        ianaName: 'UTC',
         zone,
         countries: [],
         abbreviation: 'UTC, GMT',
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ const mapInternal = (zone: string, timestamp: number): TimeZoneInfo | undefined
         abbreviation: '',
         offsetInMins: 0,
         ...info,
+        ianaName: (info as TimeZoneInfo).ianaName,
         name: 'Default',
         zone,
       };
@@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ const mapInternal = (zone: string, timestamp: number): TimeZoneInfo | undefined
         offsetInMins: new Date().getTimezoneOffset(),
         ...info,
         name: 'Browser Time',
+        ianaName: (info as TimeZoneInfo).ianaName,
         zone,
       };
     }
@@ -148,13 +152,13 @@ const abbrevationWithoutOffset = (abbrevation: string): string => {
 
 const mapToInfo = (timeZone: TimeZone, timestamp: number): TimeZoneInfo | undefined => {
   const momentTz = moment.tz.zone(timeZone);
-
   if (!momentTz) {
     return undefined;
   }
 
   return {
     name: timeZone,
+    ianaName: momentTz.name,
     zone: timeZone,
     countries: countriesByTimeZone[timeZone] ?? [],
     abbreviation: abbrevationWithoutOffset(momentTz.abbr(timestamp)),