Time zone · Europe
EEST
Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) stretches across 16 zones from Egypt to Finland, shifting the clocks forward by one hour in spring and pulling them back come late October.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Current offset
UTC+03:00
Daylight · EEST
Daylight saving
Active
Reverts 25 Oct 2026
IANA zones
16
16 observe DST, 0 don't
DST offset
—
No summer variant
About EEST
Standard time, with a summer shift.
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) stretches across 16 zones from Egypt to Finland, shifting the clocks forward by one hour in spring and pulling them back come late October.
IANA zones · the technical identifiers
The 16 zones that resolve to EEST.
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 EEST
Local time, city by city.
33 cities
Where EEST is used
14 countries.
Same offset · UTC+03:00
Other zones at UTC+03:00 right now.
These named zones share EEST's offset today. When daylight saving rules differ, they drift apart for part of the year.
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EEST to the world's clocks.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about EEST, daylight saving, and how to handle it in software. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Why does EEST cover parts of three continents?
- The code unifies the +03:00 summer offset used by countries in Africa (Egypt), Asia (Lebanon, Palestine, Cyprus), and Europe (Greece, Romania, Moldova, Finland). Geopolitics and energy-saving goals led many nations outside Eastern Europe to adopt this offset.
- When do clocks change for EEST?
- Most EEST zones spring forward to +03:00 on the last Sunday in March and fall back to +02:00 on the last Sunday in October; Egypt (from the last Friday in April to the last Thursday in October) and the Palestinian territories set their own dates.
- Does every country in EEST observe daylight saving?
- Yes — all 16 member zones observe DST and switch to the EEST offset during summer months.
- Which cities use EEST in summer?
- Cairo, Beirut, Famagusta, Gaza, Hebron, Nicosia, Athens, Bucharest, and others across the region move to UTC+03:00 in summer, though Egypt and the Palestinian territories switch on different dates from the EU.
- What happens to the clocks when summer ends?
- When the EEST period ends, clocks move back one hour to standard Eastern European Time (EET), giving an extra hour of sleep across all member zones.
- Is EEST the same as Cairo Time?
- Cairo only matches EEST during Egypt’s summer time, from the last Friday in April to the last Thursday in October. Outside that window it returns to standard EET.
- Why include Egypt and Finland in the same summer offset?
- They share the offset but not the schedule. Finland follows the EU dates (last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October), while Egypt keeps summer time from the last Friday in April to the last Thursday in October. Both are two hours ahead of UTC in winter and three in summer.
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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