Kenya
EAT
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
GMT +0
IST
India Standard Time
GMT +5:30

Time Difference

EAT (Eastern Africa Time) is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and 2 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time
6:30 pm18:30 in Nairobi, Kenya is 3:30 pm15:30 in GMT and is 9:00 pm21:00 in IST

Nairobi to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-6pm in Nairobi which corresponds to 8am-3pm in GMT
Nairobi to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-3:30pm in Nairobi which corresponds to 10:30am-6pm in IST

6:30 pm18:30 EAT (Eastern Africa Time) (Nairobi, Kenya). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
3:30 pm15:30 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

6:30 pm18:30 Nairobi, Kenya / 3:30 pm15:30 GMT / 9:00 pm21:00 IST

Nairobi, Kenya GMT IST
12am (midnight) 9pm 2:30 am
1am 10pm 3:30 am
2am 11pm 4:30 am
3am 12am (midnight) 5:30 am
4am 1am 6:30 am
5am 2am 7:30 am
6am 3am 8:30 am
7am 4am 9:30 am
8am 5am 10:30 am
9am 6am 11:30 am
10am 7am 12:30 pm
11am 8am 1:30 pm
12pm (noon) 9am 2:30 pm
1pm 10am 3:30 pm
2pm 11am 4:30 pm
3pm 12pm (noon) 5:30 pm
4pm 1pm 6:30 pm
5pm 2pm 7:30 pm
6pm 3pm 8:30 pm
7pm 4pm 9:30 pm
8pm 5pm 10:30 pm
9pm 6pm 11:30 pm
10pm 7pm 12:30 am
11pm 8pm 1:30 am
0:00 21:00 2:30
1:00 22:00 3:30
2:00 23:00 4:30
3:00 0:00 5:30
4:00 1:00 6:30
5:00 2:00 7:30
6:00 3:00 8:30
7:00 4:00 9:30
8:00 5:00 10:30
9:00 6:00 11:30
10:00 7:00 12:30
11:00 8:00 13:30
12:00 9:00 14:30
13:00 10:00 15:30
14:00 11:00 16:30
15:00 12:00 17:30
16:00 13:00 18:30
17:00 14:00 19:30
18:00 15:00 20:30
19:00 16:00 21:30
20:00 17:00 22:30
21:00 18:00 23:30
22:00 19:00 0:30
23:00 20:00 1:30

Nairobi Information

Time Zone

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

Nairobi Facts

Country
Kenya
Alternative Names
NBO, Nairoba, Nairobi, Nairobia, Nairobis, Nairobo, Nairoby, Nairobî, Nairompi, Nairòbi, Nairóbi, Najrobi, Najrobo, Nayrobi, Nayroobi, Naíróbí, Naýrobi, na'irobi, nai luo bi, nailobi, nairobi, nairopi, nayreabi, nayrwby, nei luo bi, nirobi, nyrwby, nyyrwby, Ναϊρόμπι, Найроби, Найробі, Најроби, Նայրոբի, נייראבי, ניירובי, نايروبى, نایروبی, نایرۆبی, نيروبي, نیروبی, नैरोबी, নাইরোবি, ਨੈਰੋਬੀ, நைரோபி, ನೈರೋಬಿ, നയ്റോബി, ไนโรบี, ནའི་རོ་བི།, နိုင်ရိုဘီမြို့, ნაირობი, ናይሮቢ, ナイロビ, 内罗毕, 奈洛比, 나이로비
Population
2,750,547
Currency
Shilling (KES)
Geographic Coordinates
1° 16' S Latitude / 36° 49' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+254

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+03:00 - UTC +3
  • GMT+06:00 - UTC +6
  • GMT - UTC +0
  • 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

India Standard Time

Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia

Countries: It is used in following countries: India

Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST timezone is Mumbai from India with population about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in the area are Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai

Daylight Saving: India Standard Time (IST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore IST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, India Standard Time remains the same

IST Time Zone Geo Map
IST timezone map

IST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0530 - basic
  • +05:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates five hour and thirty minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects IST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Asia/Calcutta
  • Asia/Kolkata
IST Abbreviation: Several time zones share IST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
  • Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
  • Israel Standard Time - UTC +2
  • Iran Standard Time - UTC +3:30