EAT to UTC Converter
Quick answers
EAT is 3 hours ahead of UTC. EAT uses GMT +3, and UTC uses GMT +0 for this comparison.
For example, 3:00 pm EAT is 12:00 pm UTC. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 12pm-5pm EAT, which is 9am-2pm UTC.
Compare EAT time with UTC time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Africa Time is 3 hours ahead of Universal Time Coordinated
3:00 pm15:00 in EAT is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC
EAT to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm in EAT which corresponds to 9am-2pm in UTC
3:00 pm15:00 Eastern Africa Time (EAT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 EAT / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC
| EAT | UTC |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 9pm |
| 1am | 10pm |
| 2am | 11pm |
| 3am | 12am (midnight) |
| 4am | 1am |
| 5am | 2am |
| 6am | 3am |
| 7am | 4am |
| 8am | 5am |
| 9am | 6am |
| 10am | 7am |
| 11am | 8am |
| 12pm (noon) | 9am |
| 1pm | 10am |
| 2pm | 11am |
| 3pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 4pm | 1pm |
| 5pm | 2pm |
| 6pm | 3pm |
| 7pm | 4pm |
| 8pm | 5pm |
| 9pm | 6pm |
| 10pm | 7pm |
| 11pm | 8pm |
| 00:00 | 21:00 |
| 01:00 | 22:00 |
| 02:00 | 23:00 |
| 03:00 | 00:00 |
| 04:00 | 01:00 |
| 05:00 | 02:00 |
| 06:00 | 03:00 |
| 07:00 | 04:00 |
| 08:00 | 05:00 |
| 09:00 | 06:00 |
| 10:00 | 07:00 |
| 11:00 | 08:00 |
| 12:00 | 09:00 |
| 13:00 | 10:00 |
| 14:00 | 11:00 |
| 15:00 | 12:00 |
| 16:00 | 13:00 |
| 17:00 | 14:00 |
| 18:00 | 15:00 |
| 19:00 | 16:00 |
| 20:00 | 17:00 |
| 21:00 | 18:00 |
| 22:00 | 19:00 |
| 23:00 | 20:00 |
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 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 an offset of three hours 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
Universal Time Coordinated
Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.
UTC representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone
