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This converter uses MSK (UTC+3), as in Moscow.

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3:00 pm15:00 MSK (UTC+3), Oct 16, 2026 = 3:00 pm15:00 EAT (UTC+3), Oct 16, 2026

MSK and EAT have the same local time.

MSD and EAT examples

These examples always use MSD (UTC+4) and EAT (UTC+3). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

MSD is 1 hour ahead of EAT.

How the time difference changes

MSK and EAT have the same time year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in MSK correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in EAT.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in MSK correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in EAT.

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

Time Difference

Moscow Standard Time and Eastern Africa Time have the same local time.
3:00 pm15:00 in MSK is 3:00 pm15:00 in EAT

MSK to EAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in MSK which corresponds to 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in EAT

3:00 pm15:00 Moscow Standard Time (MSK). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Eastern Africa Time (EAT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 MSK / 3:00 pm15:00 EAT

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Moscow Daylight Time

Offset: MSD is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

MSD representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +04 - basic short
  • +0400 - basic
  • +04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0400 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Delta - Military abbreviation for MSD
  • D - short form of 'Delta'
Time zones with the GMT +4 offset:
  • KUYT - Kuybyshev Time
  • MSD - Moscow Daylight Time
  • SAMT - Samara Time
  • AMT - Armenia Time
  • AZT - Azerbaijan Time
  • D - Delta Time Zone
  • GET - Georgia Standard Time
  • GST - Gulf Standard Time
  • MUT - Mauritius Time
  • RET - Reunion Time
  • SCT - Seychelles Time

Eastern Africa Time

Offset: EAT is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mayotte, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EAT time zone is Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, with about 5.384 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Mogadishu, Kampala.

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

EAT 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 EAT
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EAT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Addis_Ababa
  • Africa/Asmara
  • Africa/Asmera
  • Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
  • Africa/Djibouti
  • Africa/Kampala
  • Africa/Mogadishu
  • Africa/Nairobi
  • Indian/Antananarivo
  • Indian/Comoro
  • Indian/Mayotte
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