IANA tz database · zone identifier

Africa/Kampala

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

UTC+03:00Abbreviation EATNo daylight saving
Time in Africa/Kampala☾ Night
02:01:37
Thursday, October 15, 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

None

one offset all year

Country

🇺🇬 Uganda

ISO 3166: UG · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Africa/Kampala 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/Kampala',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
69 years.

Africa/Kampala has kept UTC+03:00 year-round since 1 January 1957 — 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

+02:09:40UTC+03:00 · UNCHANGED 1 January 1957 NOW

Keeping this offset since

1 January 1957

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 · release 2026d

IdentifierAfrica/Kampala
ISO country codeUG🇺🇬 Uganda
Reference coordinates0.32°N, 32.42°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+03:00abbreviation EAT
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

All of Uganda, one clock.

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

🇺🇬
Uganda

47M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Africa/Kampala.

Country page →
🇺🇬 Kampala
02:01
02:01:37 · EAT
pop. 1.7MEAT
🇺🇬 Nansana
02:01
02:01:37 · EAT
pop. 692KEAT

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/Kampala?
Africa/Kampala is UTC+03:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Africa/Kampala observe daylight saving time?
No. Africa/Kampala stays on UTC+03:00 all year, as it has since 1 January 1957.
Which country uses Africa/Kampala?
Uganda. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Africa/Kampala the same as EAT?
Africa/Kampala is one of the IANA zones that keeps East Africa Time (EAT). Use Africa/Kampala in software — EAT is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Its live offset, abbreviation and DST status, plus its coordinates and country, from one endpoint.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones/Africa/Kampala
{
"data": {
"iana": "Africa/Kampala",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "UG", "name": "Uganda" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "+03:00",
"abbreviation": "EAT",
…
},
…
}
}