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Dar es Salaam to EST Time Converter

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Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
EAT
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
EDT/EST
Eastern Daylight Time
GMT -4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Eastern Time is on daylight saving time: EDT (UTC−4) until Sun, Nov 1.
Use EST all year (UTC−5)

Quick answers

Selected conversion

3:00 pm15:00 EAT (UTC+3), Oct 8, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 8, 2026

Dar es Salaam is 7 hours ahead of EDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, Dar es Salaam is 7 hours ahead of EDT. At other times of the year, Dar es Salaam is 8 hours ahead of EST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Dar es Salaam correspond to 2:00 am to 10:00 am in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Dar es Salaam correspond to 1:00 am to 9:00 am in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Dar es Salaam correspond to 02:00 to 10:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Dar es Salaam correspond to 01:00 to 09:00 in EST.

Compare Dar es Salaam time with EST 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 7 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
3:00 pm15:00 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT

Dar es Salaam to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4pm-5pm16:00-17:00 in Dar es Salaam which corresponds to 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in EDT

3:00 pm15:00 EAT (Eastern Africa Time) (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania / 8:00 am08:00 EDT

Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaEDT
12:00am5:00pm
1:00am6:00pm
2:00am7:00pm
3:00am8:00pm
4:00am9:00pm
5:00am10:00pm
6:00am11:00pm
7:00am12:00am
8:00am1:00am
9:00am2:00am
10:00am3:00am
11:00am4:00am
12:00pm5:00am
1:00pm6:00am
2:00pm7:00am
3:00pm8:00am
4:00pm9:00am
5:00pm10:00am
6:00pm11:00am
7:00pm12:00pm
8:00pm1:00pm
9:00pm2:00pm
10:00pm3:00pm
11:00pm4:00pm
00:0017:00
01:0018:00
02:0019:00
03:0020:00
04:0021:00
05:0022:00
06:0023:00
07:0000:00
08:0001:00
09:0002:00
10:0003:00
11:0004:00
12:0005:00
13:0006:00
14:0007:00
15:0008:00
16:0009:00
17:0010:00
18:0011:00
19:0012:00
20:0013:00
21:0014:00
22:0015:00
23:0016:00

Dar es Salaam Information

Time Zone

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

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

Eastern Standard Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Montreal.

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. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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 an offset of five hours 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
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