GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
GMT +0
EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
EST automatically adjusted to EDT time zone, that is in use
Uganda
EAT

Time Difference

Greenwich Mean Time is 4 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time and 3 hours behind EAT (Eastern Africa Time)
1:00 pm13:00 in GMT is 9:00 am09:00 in EDT and is 4:00 pm16:00 in Kampala, Uganda

GMT to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 1pm-6pm in GMT which corresponds to 8am-1pm in EST
GMT to Kampala call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-3pm in GMT which corresponds to 11am-6pm in Kampala

1:00 pm13:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
4:00 pm16:00 EAT (Eastern Africa Time) (Kampala, Uganda). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

1:00 pm13:00 GMT / 9:00 am09:00 EDT / 4:00 pm16:00 Kampala, Uganda

GMT EDT Kampala, Uganda
12am (midnight) 8pm 3am
1am 9pm 4am
2am 10pm 5am
3am 11pm 6am
4am 12am (midnight) 7am
5am 1am 8am
6am 2am 9am
7am 3am 10am
8am 4am 11am
9am 5am 12pm (noon)
10am 6am 1pm
11am 7am 2pm
12pm (noon) 8am 3pm
1pm 9am 4pm
2pm 10am 5pm
3pm 11am 6pm
4pm 12pm (noon) 7pm
5pm 1pm 8pm
6pm 2pm 9pm
7pm 3pm 10pm
8pm 4pm 11pm
9pm 5pm 12am (midnight)
10pm 6pm 1am
11pm 7pm 2am
0:00 20:00 3:00
1:00 21:00 4:00
2:00 22:00 5:00
3:00 23:00 6:00
4:00 0:00 7:00
5:00 1:00 8:00
6:00 2:00 9:00
7:00 3:00 10:00
8:00 4:00 11:00
9:00 5:00 12:00
10:00 6:00 13:00
11:00 7:00 14:00
12:00 8:00 15:00
13:00 9:00 16:00
14:00 10:00 17:00
15:00 11:00 18:00
16:00 12:00 19:00
17:00 13:00 20:00
18:00 14:00 21:00
19:00 15:00 22:00
20:00 16:00 23:00
21:00 17:00 0:00
22:00 18:00 1:00
23:00 19:00 2:00

Greenwich Mean Time

Offset: GMT is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries: It is used in following countries: 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 timezone is London from United Kingdom with population about 7.557 million people. Other major cities in the area are Abidjan, Dakar, Grand Dakar, Accra

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 Time Zone Geo Map
GMT timezone map

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 zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.
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
  • 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
GMT Abbreviation: Several time zones share GMT abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Greenwich Mean Time - UTC +0
  • GMT+05:00 - UTC +5
  • GMT+03:00 - UTC +3
  • GMT - UTC +1
  • GMT-01:00 - UTC -1
  • GMT+11:00 - UTC +11
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 - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone

Eastern Standard Time

Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens

French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est

Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

EST Time Zone Geo Map
EST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Eastern Standard Time (EST) has ended 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 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts 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. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.

EST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Atikokan
  • America/Cancun
  • America/Cayman
  • America/Coral_Harbour
  • America/Detroit
  • America/Fort_Wayne
  • America/Grand_Turk
  • America/Indiana/Indianapolis
  • America/Indiana/Marengo
  • America/Indiana/Petersburg
  • America/Indiana/Vevay
  • America/Indiana/Vincennes
  • America/Indiana/Winamac
  • America/Indianapolis
  • America/Iqaluit
  • America/Jamaica
  • America/Kentucky/Louisville
  • America/Kentucky/Monticello
  • America/Louisville
  • America/Montreal
  • America/Nassau
  • America/New_York
  • America/Nipigon
  • America/Panama
  • America/Pangnirtung
  • America/Port-au-Prince
  • America/Thunder_Bay
  • America/Toronto
  • Canada/Eastern
  • EST
  • EST5EDT
  • Jamaica
  • US/East-Indiana
  • US/Eastern
  • US/Michigan
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • 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

Kampala Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
EAT - Eastern Africa Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+3:00 hours during Eastern Africa Time, currently in use.

Kampala Facts

Country
Uganda
Alternative Names
Campala, IKampala, KLA, Kaempaala, Kambaala, Kampal, Kampala, Kampalo, Kanpala, kam pa la, kambala, kampala, kampalla, kan pa la, kanpara, kapala, kmbala, kmpala, qmplh, Καμπάλα, Кампала, Կամպալա, קאמפאלא, קמפלה, كامبالا, كامپالا, كمبالا, کامپالا, کمپالا, کمپالہ, कंपाला, कम्पाला, ਕੰਪਾਲਾ, କାମ୍ପାଲା, கம்பாலா, กัมปาลา, ཀམ་པ་ལ།, კამპალა, ካምፓላ, カンパラ, 坎帕拉, 캄팔라
Population
1,353,189
Currency
Shilling (UGX)
Geographic Coordinates
0° 18' N Latitude / 32° 34' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+256