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3:00 pm15:00 EAT (UTC+3), Oct 13, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CAT (UTC+2), Oct 13, 2026

Dar es Salaam is 1 hour ahead of CAT.

How the time difference changes

Dar es Salaam is 1 hour ahead of CAT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Dar es Salaam correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in CAT.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Dar es Salaam correspond to 08:00 to 16:00 in CAT.

Compare Dar es Salaam time with CAT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

EAT (Eastern Africa Time) is 1 hour ahead of Central Africa Time.
3:00 pm15:00 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is 2:00 pm14:00 in CAT

Dar es Salaam to CAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in Dar es Salaam which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in CAT

3:00 pm15:00 EAT (Eastern Africa Time) (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania / 2:00 pm14:00 CAT

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Dar es Salaam Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
EAT – Eastern Africa Time, UTC+3 (no daylight saving time)

Dar es Salaam Facts

Country
Tanzania
Alternative Names
DAR, Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salam, Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salam, Dar es Salamas, Dar es Salams, Dar es Salám, Dar es-Salaam, Dar es-Salam, Dar əs Salam, Dar-ehs-Salam, Dar-ehs-Salam shaary, Dar-es-Salaam, Dar-es-Salam, Darasalam, Daresalama, Daresalamo, Daressalaam, Daressalam, Daruesselam, Darüsselam, Dárasalám, Dār es Salām, Dāresalāma, Ntar es Salam, Ntontoma, da lei si sa la mu, daleueseusallam, dar alslam, dar-es-salami, dar-xes-salam, dara asa salama, dara esa salama, daralslam, daruesusaramu, san lan gang, tarus'salam, Νταρ ες Σαλάμ, Ντοντόμα, Дар ес Салам, Дар ес-Салаам, Дар-ес-Салам, Дар-эс-Салам, Дар-эс-Салам шаары, דאר א-סלאם, דאר עס סאלאאם, دار السلام, دارالسلام, دارېسسالام, दार अस सलाम, दार एस सलाम, ਦਾਰ ਅਸ ਸਲਾਮ, தாருஸ்ஸலாம், ดาร์-เอส-ซาลาม, ཏ་རེ་སི་ས་ལམ།, ဒါအက်စ် ဆယ်လန်းမြို့, დარ-ეს-სალამი, ダルエスサラーム, 三蘭港, 达累斯萨拉姆, 다르에스살람
Population
5,383,728
Currency
Shilling (TZS)
Geographic Coordinates
6° 49' S Latitude / 39° 16' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+255

Central Africa Time

Offset: CAT is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Burundi, Botswana, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT time zone is Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 2.222 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lusaka, Mbuji-Mayi, Khartoum, Omdurman.

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

CAT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for CAT
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CAT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Blantyre
  • Africa/Bujumbura
  • Africa/Gaborone
  • Africa/Harare
  • Africa/Juba
  • Africa/Khartoum
  • Africa/Kigali
  • Africa/Lubumbashi
  • Africa/Lusaka
  • Africa/Maputo
  • Africa/Windhoek
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time