IANA tz database · zone identifier

Africa/Nairobi

The IANA tz database identifier for East Africa Time in Kenya. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC+03:00Abbreviation EATNo DST — never observed
Time in Africa/Nairobi☾ Night
02:00:35
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Offset
UTC+03:00
Abbreviation
EAT
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+03:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

EAT

used year-round

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇰🇪 Kenya

ISO 3166: KE · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Africa/Nairobi is the identifier to use in code and config for this region. Every modern language, database, and OS resolves it through the same tz database, so the examples here behave identically everywhere.

Avoid storing EAT or +03:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
timeZone: 'Africa/Nairobi',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
83 years.

Africa/Nairobi has kept UTC+03:00 year-round since 1 August 1942 — no daylight saving and no offset changes on record since. It is among the most stable identifiers in the database.

Every offset this zone has kept

+02:27:16UTC+03:00 · UNCHANGED 1 August 1942 NOW

Keeping this offset since

1 August 1942

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 3h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierAfrica/Nairobi
ISO country codeKE🇰🇪 Kenya
Reference coordinates1.28°S, 36.82°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+03:00abbreviation EAT
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

All of Kenya, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Nairobi or East Africa Time.

🇰🇪
Kenya

48M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Africa/Nairobi.

Country page →
🇰🇪 Nairobi
02:00
02:00:35 · EAT
pop. 5.5MEAT
🇰🇪 Mombasa
02:00
02:00:35 · EAT
pop. 1.2MEAT
🇰🇪 Nakuru
02:00
02:00:35 · EAT
pop. 308KEAT

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same zone group · East Africa Time

other identifiers keeping EAT

Same offset · UTC+03:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Frequently asked questions

Answers specific to this identifier — generated from the database record. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What UTC offset is Africa/Nairobi?
Africa/Nairobi is UTC+03:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Africa/Nairobi observe daylight saving time?
No. Africa/Nairobi has never observed DST — it has kept UTC+03:00 continuously since 1 August 1942.
Which country uses Africa/Nairobi?
Kenya. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Africa/Nairobi the same as EAT?
Africa/Nairobi is one of the IANA zones that keeps East Africa Time (EAT). Use Africa/Nairobi in software — EAT is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Everything on this page — offset, abbreviation, DST rules, coordinates — from one endpoint, always current with the latest tzdb release.

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones?iana=Africa/Nairobi
{
"iana": "Africa/Nairobi",
"utc_offset": "+03:00",
"abbreviation": "EAT",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "KE"
}