East Africa Time
Time in Africa
Light colors indicate where standard time is observed all year; dark colors indicate where daylight savings is observed.
Note: The islands of Cape Verde are to the west of the African mainland.
Light colors indicate where standard time is observed all year; dark colors indicate where daylight savings is observed.
Note: The islands of Cape Verde are to the west of the African mainland.
East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa. The zone is three hours ahead of UTC (UTC+3), which is the same as Arabia Standard Time, Further-eastern European Time, Moscow Time and Eastern European Summer Time.[1]
As this Time Zone is predominantly in the equatorial region, there is no significant change in day length throughout the year, so daylight saving time is not observed.[2]
East Africa Time is used by the following countries:
See also
- Moscow Time, an equivalent time zone covering Belarus and most of European Russia, also at UTC+03:00
- Arabia Standard Time, an equivalent time zone covering Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, also at UTC+03:00
- Eastern European Summer Time, an equivalent time zone covering European and Middle Eastern countries during daylight savings, also at UTC+03:00
References
- ↑ "EAT Time". World Time Zones.Org. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ↑ "EAT Time". World Time Zones.Org. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
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