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EEST to CAT Converter

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EEST
Eastern European Summer Time
GMT +3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CAT
Central Africa Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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3:00 pm15:00 EEST (UTC+3), Oct 5, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CAT (UTC+2), Oct 5, 2026

EEST is 1 hour ahead of CAT.

EEST and CAT examples

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

EEST is 1 hour ahead of CAT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, EEST is 1 hour ahead of CAT. At other times of the year, EET and CAT have the same time.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EEST correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in CAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EET correspond to 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in CAT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EEST correspond to 08:00 to 16:00 in CAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in EET correspond to 09:00 to 17:00 in CAT.

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

Time Difference

Eastern European Summer Time is 1 hour ahead of Central Africa Time.
3:00 pm15:00 in EEST is 2:00 pm14:00 in CAT

EEST to CAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in EEST which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in CAT

3:00 pm15:00 Eastern European Summer Time (EEST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 EEST / 2:00 pm14:00 CAT

EESTCAT
12:00am11:00pm
1:00am12:00am
2:00am1:00am
3:00am2:00am
4:00am3:00am
5:00am4:00am
6:00am5:00am
7:00am6:00am
8:00am7:00am
9:00am8:00am
10:00am9:00am
11:00am10:00am
12:00pm11:00am
1:00pm12:00pm
2:00pm1:00pm
3:00pm2:00pm
4:00pm3:00pm
5:00pm4:00pm
6:00pm5:00pm
7:00pm6:00pm
8:00pm7:00pm
9:00pm8:00pm
10:00pm9:00pm
11:00pm10:00pm
00:0023:00
01:0000:00
02:0001:00
03:0002:00
04:0003:00
05:0004:00
06:0005:00
07:0006:00
08:0007:00
09:0008:00
10:0009:00
11:0010:00
12:0011:00
13:0012:00
14:0013:00
15:0014:00
16:0015:00
17:0016:00
18:0017:00
19:0018:00
20:0019:00
21:0020:00
22:0021:00
23:0022:00

Eastern European Summer Time

Offset: EEST is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Åland Islands, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Lebanon, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Palestine, Romania, Ukraine

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EEST time zone is Cairo in Egypt, with about 9.607 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Alexandria, Kiev, Al Jizah, Beirut.

German: OESZ - Osteuropäische Sommerzeit

EEST Time Zone Geo Map
EEST timezone map

Daylight Saving: Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Eastern European Time (EET).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 4:00 am04:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 4:00 am04:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

EEST 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 EEST
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EEST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Cairo
  • Asia/Beirut
  • Asia/Famagusta
  • Asia/Gaza
  • Asia/Hebron
  • Asia/Nicosia
  • EET
  • Egypt
  • Europe/Athens
  • Europe/Bucharest
  • Europe/Chisinau
  • Europe/Helsinki
  • Europe/Kiev
  • Europe/Kyiv
  • Europe/Mariehamn
  • Europe/Nicosia
  • Europe/Riga
  • Europe/Sofia
  • Europe/Tallinn
  • Europe/Tiraspol
  • Europe/Uzhgorod
  • Europe/Vilnius
  • Europe/Zaporozhye
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

Central Africa Time

Offset: CAT is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries using this time zone: Burundi, Botswana, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT time zone is Lubumbashi in Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 2.222 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lusaka, Mbuji Mayi, Khartoum, Omdurman.

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

CAT Time Zone Geo Map
CAT timezone map

CAT 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 CAT
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CAT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Blantyre
  • Africa/Bujumbura
  • Africa/Gaborone
  • Africa/Harare
  • Africa/Juba
  • Africa/Khartoum
  • Africa/Kigali
  • Africa/Lubumbashi
  • Africa/Lusaka
  • Africa/Maputo
  • Africa/Windhoek
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
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