East Africa Time

**Time zones of Africa**:

Light Blue Cape Verde Time^[a] (UTC−1)

Blue Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)

Red
Central European Time
West Africa Time
(UTC+1)

Ochre
Central Africa Time
Eastern European Time
Egypt Standard Time
South African Standard Time
(UTC+2)

Green East Africa Time (UTC+3)

Turquoise
Mauritius Time^[b]
Seychelles Time^[b]
(UTC+4)
^a The islands of Cape Verde and Canary Islands are to the west of the African mainland.
^b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.

East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa. The time zone is three hours ahead of UTC (UTC+03:00), which is the same as Moscow Time, Arabia Standard Time, Further-eastern European 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 and so daylight saving time is not observed.^[1]

East Africa Time is observed by the following countries:^[2]

^ ^a ^b "EAT Time". World Time Zones.Org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
^ "Eastern Africa Time – EAT Time Zone". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

[world-time-zones-1] "EAT Time". World Time Zones.Org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

[2] "Eastern Africa Time – EAT Time Zone". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

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Light Blue	Cape Verde Time^[a] (UTC−1)
Blue	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
Red	Central European Time West Africa Time (UTC+1)
Ochre	Central Africa Time Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time South African Standard Time (UTC+2)
Green	East Africa Time (UTC+3)
Turquoise	Mauritius Time^[b] Seychelles Time^[b] (UTC+4)

East Africa Time

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