Romania
EET
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
EAT
Eastern Africa Time
GMT +3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

EET (Eastern European Time) is 1 hour behind Eastern Africa Time
2:00 pm14:00 in Bucharest, Romania is 3:00 pm15:00 in EAT

Bucharest to EAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm in Bucharest which corresponds to 10am-5pm in EAT

2:00 pm14:00 EET (Eastern European Time) (Bucharest, Romania). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 Eastern Africa Time (EAT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 Bucharest, Romania / 3:00 pm15:00 EAT

Bucharest, RomaniaEAT
12am (midnight)1am
1am2am
2am3am
3am4am
4am5am
5am6am
6am7am
7am8am
8am9am
9am10am
10am11am
11am12pm (noon)
12pm (noon)1pm
1pm2pm
2pm3pm
3pm4pm
4pm5pm
5pm6pm
6pm7pm
7pm8pm
8pm9pm
9pm10pm
10pm11pm
11pm12am (midnight)
00:0001:00
01:0002:00
02:0003:00
03:0004:00
04:0005:00
05:0006:00
06:0007:00
07:0008:00
08:0009:00
09:0010:00
10:0011:00
11:0012:00
12:0013:00
13:0014:00
14:0015:00
15:0016:00
16:0017:00
17:0018:00
18:0019:00
19:0020:00
20:0021:00
21:0022:00
22:0023:00
23:0000:00

Bucharest Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
EET - Eastern European Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+3:00 hours during Eastern European Summer Time, currently in use.
+2:00 hours during Eastern European Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 3am to 4amSunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 4:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 4am to 3amSunday, October 25, 2026 at 4:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Bucharest Facts

Country
Romania
Alternative Names
BUH, Boekarest, Boukouresti, Bucarest, Bucaresta, Bucareste, Bucarèst, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Bucureşti, București, Buekres, Bukarest, Bukarestas, Bukareste, Bukaresto, Bukareszt, Bukareŝto, Bukareštas, Bukharest, Bukureshh, Bukuresht, Bukureshta, Bukureshti, Bukurest, Bukurešt, Bukurešť, Buxarest, Búkarest, Bûkarest, Bükreş, bkharst, bu jia lei si te, bukaresuto, bukulesyuti, bwkharst, bwqrst, Βουκουρέστι, Букурешт, Букурещ, Бухарест, Բուխարեստ, בוקאַרעשט, בוקרשט, بخارست, بوخارست, بۇخارېست, པུ་ཁ་རེ་སིད, ბუქარესტი, ቡካረስት, ブカレスト, 布加勒斯特, 부쿠레슈티
Population
1,877,155
Currency
Leu (RON)
Geographic Coordinates
44° 25' N Latitude / 26° 06' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+40

Eastern Africa Time

Offset: EAT is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

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

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EAT time zone is Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, with about 2.758 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Mogadishu, Antananarivo.

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.

EAT Time Zone Geo Map
EAT timezone map

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