EAT
Eastern Africa Time
GMT +3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Canada
EST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

Eastern Africa Time is 8 hours ahead of EST (Eastern Standard Time)
3:00 pm15:00 in EAT is 7:00 am07:00 in Toronto, Canada

EAT to Toronto call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4:30pm-5:30pm in EAT which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am in Toronto

3:00 pm15:00 Eastern Africa Time (EAT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 EST (Eastern Standard Time) (Toronto, Canada). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 EAT / 7:00 am07:00 Toronto, Canada

EATToronto, Canada
12am (midnight)4pm
1am5pm
2am6pm
3am7pm
4am8pm
5am9pm
6am10pm
7am11pm
8am12am (midnight)
9am1am
10am2am
11am3am
12pm (noon)4am
1pm5am
2pm6am
3pm7am
4pm8am
5pm9am
6pm10am
7pm11am
8pm12pm (noon)
9pm1pm
10pm2pm
11pm3pm
00:0016:00
01:0017:00
02:0018:00
03:0019:00
04:0020:00
05:0021:00
06:0022:00
07:0023:00
08:0000:00
09:0001:00
10:0002:00
11:0003:00
12:0004:00
13:0005:00
14:0006:00
15:0007:00
16:0008:00
17:0009:00
18:0010:00
19:0011:00
20:0012:00
21:0013:00
22:0014:00
23:0015:00

Eastern Africa Time

Offset: EAT is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries using this time zone: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Comoros, Madagascar, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Mayotte

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EAT time zone is Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, with about 2.758 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Mogadishu, Antananarivo.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Eastern Africa Time (EAT) do not change for daylight saving time, so EAT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

EAT Time Zone Geo Map
EAT timezone map

EAT 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 EAT
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EAT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Addis_Ababa
  • Africa/Asmara
  • Africa/Asmera
  • Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
  • Africa/Djibouti
  • Africa/Kampala
  • Africa/Mogadishu
  • Africa/Nairobi
  • Indian/Antananarivo
  • Indian/Comoro
  • Indian/Mayotte
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

Toronto Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
EST - Eastern Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-4:00 hours during Eastern Daylight Time, currently in use.
-5:00 hours during Eastern Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Toronto Facts

Country
Canada
Alternative Names
Taronta, Torontas, Toronto, Torontu, Torontum, Torontó, YTO, duo lun duo, roranro, taronto, teareantea, tho rxn to, tolonto, toramto, toranto, toronto, twrntw, twrwntw, Τορόντο, Таронта, Торонто, Տորոնտո, טאראנטא, טורונטו, تورنتو, تورونتو, ٹورانٹو, ٹورنٹو, टोरण्टो, टोरन्टो, टोराँटो, तोरन्तो, টরোন্টো, ਟੋਰਾਂਟੋ, ரொறன்ரோ, టొరంటో, ಟೊರಾಂಟೋ, ടോറോണ്ടോ, โทรอนโต, တိုရွန်တိုမြို့, ტორონტო, トロント, 多伦多, 多倫多, 토론토
Population
2,600,000
Currency
Dollar (CAD)
Geographic Coordinates
43° 42' N Latitude / 79° 24' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1