East Africa Time

Summary

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]

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.

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]

See also

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References

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  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.