diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/DateTimeSettings.java b/src/com/android/settings/DateTimeSettings.java
index 6c6553bd406..f02f83889b5 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/DateTimeSettings.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/DateTimeSettings.java
@@ -35,13 +35,18 @@ import android.preference.Preference;
 import android.preference.PreferenceScreen;
 import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.provider.Settings.SettingNotFoundException;
+import android.text.BidiFormatter;
+import android.text.TextDirectionHeuristics;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.text.format.DateFormat;
+import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.DatePicker;
 import android.widget.TimePicker;
 
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 public class DateTimeSettings extends SettingsPreferenceFragment
@@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ public class DateTimeSettings extends SettingsPreferenceFragment
         mDummyDate.set(now.get(Calendar.YEAR), 11, 31, 13, 0, 0);
         Date dummyDate = mDummyDate.getTime();
         mTimePref.setSummary(DateFormat.getTimeFormat(getActivity()).format(now.getTime()));
-        mTimeZone.setSummary(getTimeZoneText(now.getTimeZone()));
+        mTimeZone.setSummary(getTimeZoneText(now.getTimeZone(), true));
         mDatePref.setSummary(shortDateFormat.format(now.getTime()));
         mDateFormat.setSummary(shortDateFormat.format(dummyDate));
         mTime24Pref.setSummary(DateFormat.getTimeFormat(getActivity()).format(dummyDate));
@@ -373,10 +378,32 @@ public class DateTimeSettings extends SettingsPreferenceFragment
         }
     }
 
-    private static String getTimeZoneText(TimeZone tz) {
-        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("ZZZZ, zzzz");
-        sdf.setTimeZone(tz);
-        return sdf.format(new Date());
+    public static String getTimeZoneText(TimeZone tz, boolean includeName) {
+        Date now = new Date();
+
+        // Use SimpleDateFormat to format the GMT+00:00 string.
+        SimpleDateFormat gmtFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("ZZZZ");
+        gmtFormatter.setTimeZone(tz);
+        String gmtString = gmtFormatter.format(now);
+
+        // Ensure that the "GMT+" stays with the "00:00" even if the digits are RTL.
+        BidiFormatter bidiFormatter = BidiFormatter.getInstance();
+        Locale l = Locale.getDefault();
+        boolean isRtl = TextUtils.getLayoutDirectionFromLocale(l) == View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL;
+        gmtString = bidiFormatter.unicodeWrap(gmtString,
+                isRtl ? TextDirectionHeuristics.RTL : TextDirectionHeuristics.LTR);
+
+        if (!includeName) {
+            return gmtString;
+        }
+
+        // Optionally append the time zone name.
+        SimpleDateFormat zoneNameFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("zzzz");
+        zoneNameFormatter.setTimeZone(tz);
+        String zoneNameString = zoneNameFormatter.format(now);
+
+        // We don't use punctuation here to avoid having to worry about localizing that too!
+        return gmtString + " " + zoneNameString;
     }
 
     private BroadcastReceiver mIntentReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/ZonePicker.java b/src/com/android/settings/ZonePicker.java
index 0a823834395..20199540c62 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/ZonePicker.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/ZonePicker.java
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ public class ZonePicker extends ListFragment {
                 new ArrayList<HashMap<String, Object>>();
         private final HashSet<String> mLocalZones = new HashSet<String>();
         private final Date mNow = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
-        private final SimpleDateFormat mGmtFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("ZZZZ");
         private final SimpleDateFormat mZoneNameFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("zzzz");
 
         private List<HashMap<String, Object>> getZones(Context context) {
@@ -270,7 +269,6 @@ public class ZonePicker extends ListFragment {
         private void addTimeZone(String olsonId) {
             // We always need the "GMT-07:00" string.
             final TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone(olsonId);
-            mGmtFormatter.setTimeZone(tz);
 
             // For the display name, we treat time zones within the country differently
             // from other countries' time zones. So in en_US you'd get "Pacific Daylight Time"
@@ -289,7 +287,7 @@ public class ZonePicker extends ListFragment {
             final HashMap<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
             map.put(KEY_ID, olsonId);
             map.put(KEY_DISPLAYNAME, displayName);
-            map.put(KEY_GMT, mGmtFormatter.format(mNow));
+            map.put(KEY_GMT, DateTimeSettings.getTimeZoneText(tz, false));
             map.put(KEY_OFFSET, tz.getOffset(mNow.getTime()));
 
             mZones.add(map);