GMT to EEST Converter
The United Kingdom is on summer time: BST (UTC+1) until Sun, Oct 25.
Iceland and Ghana stay on GMT (UTC+0).
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12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Oct 4, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 EEST (UTC+3), Oct 4, 2026
GMT is 3 hours behind EEST.
GMT and EEST examples
These examples always use GMT (UTC+0) and EEST (UTC+3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
GMT is 3 hours behind EEST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, GMT is 3 hours behind EEST. At other times of the year, GMT is 2 hours behind EET.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in EEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in GMT correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in EET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT correspond to 12:00 to 20:00 in EEST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in GMT correspond to 11:00 to 19:00 in EET.
Compare GMT time with EEST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Greenwich Mean Time is 3 hours behind Eastern European Summer Time.
12:00 pm12:00 in GMT is 3:00 pm15:00 in EEST
GMT to EEST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in GMT which corresponds to 12pm-5pm12:00-17:00 in EEST
12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Eastern European Summer Time (EEST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 GMT / 3:00 pm15:00 EEST
| GMT | EEST |
|---|---|
| 12:00am | 3:00am |
| 1:00am | 4:00am |
| 2:00am | 5:00am |
| 3:00am | 6:00am |
| 4:00am | 7:00am |
| 5:00am | 8:00am |
| 6:00am | 9:00am |
| 7:00am | 10:00am |
| 8:00am | 11:00am |
| 9:00am | 12:00pm |
| 10:00am | 1:00pm |
| 11:00am | 2:00pm |
| 12:00pm | 3:00pm |
| 1:00pm | 4:00pm |
| 2:00pm | 5:00pm |
| 3:00pm | 6:00pm |
| 4:00pm | 7:00pm |
| 5:00pm | 8:00pm |
| 6:00pm | 9:00pm |
| 7:00pm | 10:00pm |
| 8:00pm | 11:00pm |
| 9:00pm | 12:00am |
| 10:00pm | 1:00am |
| 11:00pm | 2:00am |
| 00:00 | 03:00 |
| 01:00 | 04:00 |
| 02:00 | 05:00 |
| 03:00 | 06:00 |
| 04:00 | 07:00 |
| 05:00 | 08:00 |
| 06:00 | 09:00 |
| 07:00 | 10:00 |
| 08:00 | 11:00 |
| 09:00 | 12:00 |
| 10:00 | 13:00 |
| 11:00 | 14:00 |
| 12:00 | 15:00 |
| 13:00 | 16:00 |
| 14:00 | 17:00 |
| 15:00 | 18:00 |
| 16:00 | 19:00 |
| 17:00 | 20:00 |
| 18:00 | 21:00 |
| 19:00 | 22:00 |
| 20:00 | 23:00 |
| 21:00 | 00:00 |
| 22:00 | 01:00 |
| 23:00 | 02:00 |
Greenwich Mean Time
Offset: GMT is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Britain (UK), Guernsey, Ghana, Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, St Helena, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome & Principe, Togo
Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT time zone is London in United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Dakar, Kumasi.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.
GMT 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 GMT
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Africa/Abidjan
- Africa/Accra
- Africa/Bamako
- Africa/Banjul
- Africa/Bissau
- Africa/Conakry
- Africa/Dakar
- Africa/Freetown
- Africa/Lome
- Africa/Monrovia
- Africa/Nouakchott
- Africa/Ouagadougou
- Africa/Sao_Tome
- Africa/Timbuktu
- America/Danmarkshavn
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Atlantic/St_Helena
- Eire
- Etc/GMT
- Etc/GMT+0
- Etc/GMT-0
- Etc/GMT0
- Etc/Greenwich
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Dublin
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- GMT
- GMT+0
- GMT-0
- GMT0
- Greenwich
- Iceland
- 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
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
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).
Start: 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.
End: 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.
EEST 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 EEST
- C - short form of 'Charlie'
- 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
- 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