EAT to CDT Converter
Time Difference
Eastern Africa Time is 8 hours ahead of Central Daylight Time
8:30 am08:30 in EAT is 12:30 am00:30 in CDT
EAT to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4pm-6pm in EAT which corresponds to 8am-10am in CDT
8:30 am08:30 Eastern Africa Time (EAT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
12:30 am00:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:30 am08:30 EAT / 12:30 am00:30 CDT
EAT | CDT |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 4pm |
1am | 5pm |
2am | 6pm |
3am | 7pm |
4am | 8pm |
5am | 9pm |
6am | 10pm |
7am | 11pm |
8am | 12am (midnight) |
9am | 1am |
10am | 2am |
11am | 3am |
12pm (noon) | 4am |
1pm | 5am |
2pm | 6am |
3pm | 7am |
4pm | 8am |
5pm | 9am |
6pm | 10am |
7pm | 11am |
8pm | 12pm (noon) |
9pm | 1pm |
10pm | 2pm |
11pm | 3pm |
0:00 | 16:00 |
1:00 | 17:00 |
2:00 | 18:00 |
3:00 | 19:00 |
4:00 | 20:00 |
5:00 | 21:00 |
6:00 | 22:00 |
7:00 | 23:00 |
8:00 | 0:00 |
9:00 | 1:00 |
10:00 | 2:00 |
11:00 | 3:00 |
12:00 | 4:00 |
13:00 | 5:00 |
14:00 | 6:00 |
15:00 | 7:00 |
16:00 | 8:00 |
17:00 | 9:00 |
18:00 | 10:00 |
19:00 | 11:00 |
20:00 | 12:00 |
21:00 | 13:00 |
22:00 | 14:00 |
23:00 | 15:00 |
Eastern Africa Time
Offset: EAT is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries: It is used in following countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Comoros, Madagascar, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Mayotte
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EAT timezone is Addis Ababa from Ethiopia with population about 2.758 million people. Other major cities in the area are Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Mogadishu, Antananarivo
Daylight Saving: Eastern Africa Time (EAT) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore EAT remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Eastern Africa Time remains the same

EAT representations, usage and related time zones
- +03 - basic short
- +0300 - basic
- +03:00 - extended
- +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates three hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
- Charlie - Military abbreviation for EAT
- C - short form of 'Charlie'
- 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
- 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
Central Daylight Time
Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Cuba, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT timezone is Chicago from USA with population about 2.696 million people. Other major cities in the area are Havana, Houston, Ciudad Juarez, San Antonio
French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre
Spanish: CT - Zona Centro

Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Central Standard Time (CST).
Start: Central Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on second Sunday of March
End: Central Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on first Sunday of November
CDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Chicago
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Resolute
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
- Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone