East Africa Time

Time zones of Africa:
Light Blue Cape Verde Time[a] (UTC−1)
Blue Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
Red
(UTC+1)
Ochre
(UTC+2)
Green East Africa Time (UTC+3)
Turquoise
(UTC+4)
a The islands of Cape Verde and Canary Islands are to the west of the African mainland.
b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.

East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa. The time zone is three hours ahead of UTC (UTC+03:00), which is the same as Moscow Time, Arabia Standard Time, Further-eastern European Time and Eastern European Summer Time.[1]

As this time zone is predominantly in the equatorial region, there is no significant change in day length throughout the year and so daylight saving time is not observed.[1]

East Africa Time is observed by the following countries:[2]

  1. ^ a b "EAT Time". World Time Zones.Org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Eastern Africa Time – EAT Time Zone". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2023-09-26.