diff --git a/zerver/lib/timestamp.py b/zerver/lib/timestamp.py
index dfc61df21c..71c9283877 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/timestamp.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/timestamp.py
@@ -47,3 +47,11 @@ def timestamp_to_datetime(timestamp: float) -> datetime:
 def datetime_to_timestamp(dt: datetime) -> int:
     verify_UTC(dt)
     return int(dt.timestamp())
+
+
+def format_datetime_to_string(dt: datetime, use_twenty_four_hour_time: bool) -> str:
+    if use_twenty_four_hour_time:
+        hhmm_string = dt.strftime("%H:%M")
+    else:
+        hhmm_string = dt.strftime("%I:%M %p")
+    return dt.strftime(f"%A, %B %d, %Y at {hhmm_string} %Z")
diff --git a/zerver/signals.py b/zerver/signals.py
index bdf6e9f8a9..dc84f6dc72 100644
--- a/zerver/signals.py
+++ b/zerver/signals.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from confirmation.models import one_click_unsubscribe_link
 from zerver.lib.queue import queue_json_publish_rollback_unsafe
 from zerver.lib.send_email import EMAIL_DATE_FORMAT, FromAddress
+from zerver.lib.timestamp import format_datetime_to_string
 from zerver.lib.timezone import canonicalize_timezone
 from zerver.models import UserProfile
 
@@ -93,11 +94,7 @@ def email_on_new_login(sender: Any, user: UserProfile, request: Any, **kwargs: A
         if user_tz == "":
             user_tz = timezone_get_current_timezone_name()
         local_time = timezone_now().astimezone(zoneinfo.ZoneInfo(canonicalize_timezone(user_tz)))
-        if user.twenty_four_hour_time:
-            hhmm_string = local_time.strftime("%H:%M")
-        else:
-            hhmm_string = local_time.strftime("%I:%M %p")
-        context["login_time"] = local_time.strftime(f"%A, %B %d, %Y at {hhmm_string} %Z")
+        context["login_time"] = format_datetime_to_string(local_time, user.twenty_four_hour_time)
         context["device_ip"] = request.META.get("REMOTE_ADDR") or _("Unknown IP address")
         context["device_os"] = get_device_os(user_agent) or _("an unknown operating system")
         context["device_browser"] = get_device_browser(user_agent) or _("An unknown browser")