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3:00 pm15:00 AST (UTC+3), Oct 17, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 B (UTC+2), Oct 17, 2026

AST is 1 hour ahead of B.

AST and B examples

These examples always use AST (UTC+3) and B (UTC+2). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

AST is 1 hour ahead of B.

How the time difference changes

AST Arabia is 1 hour ahead of B year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in AST Arabia correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in B.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in AST Arabia correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in B.

Compare AST time with B time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Arabia Standard Time is 1 hour ahead of Bravo Time Zone.
3:00 pm15:00 in AST is 2:00 pm14:00 in B

AST to B call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in AST which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in B

3:00 pm15:00 Arabia Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Bravo Time Zone (B). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 AST / 2:00 pm14:00 B

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Arabia Standard Time

Offset: AST is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST time zone is Baghdad in Iraq, with about 7.216 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Jeddah, Riyadh, Sanaa, Mosul.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Arabia Standard Time (AST) do not change for daylight saving time, so AST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

AST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for AST
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
AST Abbreviation: Several time zones share AST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
  • Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time

Bravo Time Zone

Offset: B is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Åland Islands, Albania, Andorra, Antarctica, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Eswatini, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestinian Territory, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Vatican City, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Principal Cities: The largest city in the B time zone is Cairo in Egypt, with about 9.607 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Johannesburg, Alexandria, Cape Town, Giza.

Daylight Saving: Some places on Bravo Time Zone (B) keep the same time all year, while others use B for only part of the year and change their clocks for daylight saving time; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

Map of the areas on Bravo Time Zone (B)
B all year B part of the year

Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC+3 (EEST, IDT).

B representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for B
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time