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Safaga's clocks go back 1 hour on Fri, Oct 30 · EEST → EET

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12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Oct 16, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 EEST (UTC+3), Oct 16, 2026

GMT is 3 hours behind Safaga.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, GMT is 2 hours behind Safaga or GMT is 3 hours behind Safaga.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in GMT correspond to 11:00 am to 8:00 pm in Safaga or working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in GMT correspond to 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm in Safaga.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in GMT correspond to 11:00 to 20:00 in Safaga or working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in GMT correspond to 12:00 to 21:00 in Safaga.

Compare GMT time with Safaga 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 EEST (Eastern European Summer Time).
12:00 pm12:00 in GMT is 3:00 pm15:00 in Safaga, Egypt

GMT to Safaga call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in GMT which corresponds to 12pm-6pm12:00-18:00 in Safaga

12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 EEST (Eastern European Summer Time) (Safaga, Egypt). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

12:00 pm12:00 GMT / 3:00 pm15:00 Safaga, Egypt

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Greenwich Mean Time

Offset: GMT is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Jersey, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, United Kingdom, Western Sahara

Principal Cities: The largest city in the GMT time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Abidjan, Bamako, Casablanca, Dakar.

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 the two are the same. In the military, GMT is known as Zulu time. Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields, until the introduction of UTC in 1972.

Map of the areas on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
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Today the lighter areas are on UTC+1 (British Summer Time, Irish Standard Time).

GMT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for GMT
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects GMT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Abidjan
  • Africa/Accra
  • Africa/Bamako
  • Africa/Banjul
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  • Africa/Dakar
  • Africa/Freetown
  • Africa/Lome
  • Africa/Monrovia
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  • Africa/Timbuktu
  • America/Danmarkshavn
  • Atlantic/Reykjavik
  • Atlantic/St_Helena
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  • GB-Eire
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  • Iceland
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Safaga Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
EEST – Eastern European Summer Time, UTC+3 (now, daylight saving time)
EET – Eastern European Time, UTC+2 (standard time)
Daylight Saving Time Ends
123456789101112Friday, October 30, 2026 at 12:00 amFriday, October 30, 2026 at 00:00: clocks go back 1 hour to Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 11:00 pmThursday, October 29, 2026 at 23:00 (EET). Also called Fall Back or Winter Time.
Daylight Saving Time Starts
123456789101112Friday, April 30, 2027 at 12:00 amFriday, April 30, 2027 at 00:00: clocks go forward 1 hour to 1:00 am01:00 (EEST). DST starts on the last Friday of April each year. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.

Safaga Facts

Country
Egypt
Alternative Names
Bur Safaga, Bur Safajah, Būr Safājah, Port Safaga, Safadza, Safadża, Safaga, sai fa jie, sfaja, Сафага, سفاجا, 塞法杰
Population
53,639
Currency
Pound (EGP)
Geographic Coordinates
26° 44' N Latitude / 33° 56' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+20