Time zone · Africa
EAT
East Africa Time
East Africa Time stretches across the horn and coastlines of Africa, keeping 10 countries and territories, including Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania, in steady coordination year-round. Living here means no daylight saving surprises, making cross-border calls and events reliably straightforward.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+03:00
Standard · EAT
Daylight saving
Not observed
Year-round standard time
IANA zones
10
None observe daylight saving
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About EAT
A fixed, year-round offset.
East Africa Time stretches across the horn and coastlines of Africa, keeping 10 countries and territories, including Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania, in steady coordination year-round. Living here means no daylight saving surprises, making cross-border calls and events reliably straightforward.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The 10 zones that resolve to EAT.
For software, always store the IANA identifier — never the abbreviation alone. The database keeps these zones distinct because their rules can, and historically did, diverge.
Cities across EAT
Local time, city by city.
20 cities
Where EAT is used
10 countries.
Same offset · UTC+03:00
Other zones at UTC+03:00 right now.
These named zones share EAT's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
Convert
EAT to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about EAT, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- How many countries share this code?
- Ten: Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mayotte, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
- Do clocks change here?
- No country observing EAT uses daylight saving, so the offset stays constant.
- Why does East Africa stay on a single offset?
- Being near the equator means daylight length barely shifts through the year, so there is little historical need to adjust clocks.
- Is every member on the same offset?
- Yes. Every member is on UTC+03:00, three hours ahead of UTC, all year.
Source: IANA tzdb2026d · Reviewed
Free · Developer API
This time zone, as JSON.
Its defining offset, DST status and member counts, from one endpoint.
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