UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
EEST/EET
Eastern European Summer Time
GMT +3
EET automatically adjusted to EEST time zone, that is in use
Finland
EEST

Time Difference

Universal Time Coordinated is 3 hours behind Eastern European Summer Time and 3 hours behind EEST (Eastern European Summer Time)
4:00 pm16:00 in UTC is 7:00 pm19:00 in EEST and is 7:00 pm19:00 in Helsinki, Finland

UTC to EET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-4pm in UTC which corresponds to 10am-6pm in EET
UTC to Helsinki call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-3pm in UTC which corresponds to 11am-6pm in Helsinki

4:00 pm16:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
7:00 pm19:00 Eastern European Summer Time (EEST). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
7:00 pm19:00 EEST (Eastern European Summer Time) (Helsinki, Finland). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

4:00 pm16:00 UTC / 7:00 pm19:00 EEST / 7:00 pm19:00 Helsinki, Finland

UTC EEST Helsinki, Finland
12am (midnight) 3am 3am
1am 4am 4am
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3am 6am 6am
4am 7am 7am
5am 8am 8am
6am 9am 9am
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8am 11am 11am
9am 12pm (noon) 12pm (noon)
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11am 2pm 2pm
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1pm 4pm 4pm
2pm 5pm 5pm
3pm 6pm 6pm
4pm 7pm 7pm
5pm 8pm 8pm
6pm 9pm 9pm
7pm 10pm 10pm
8pm 11pm 11pm
9pm 12am (midnight) 12am (midnight)
10pm 1am 1am
11pm 2am 2am
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1:00 4:00 4:00
2:00 5:00 5:00
3:00 6:00 6:00
4:00 7:00 7:00
5:00 8:00 8:00
6:00 9:00 9:00
7:00 10:00 10:00
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20:00 23:00 23:00
21:00 0:00 0:00
22:00 1:00 1:00
23:00 2:00 2:00

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC 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 UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
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

Eastern European Time

Offset: EET is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries: It is used in following countries: Åland Islands, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Lebanon, Lithuania, Latvia, Libya, Moldova, Palestine, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EET timezone is Cairo from Egypt with population about 7.735 million people. Other major cities in the area are Alexandria, Kiev, Al Jizah, Beirut

German: OEZ - Osteuropäische Zeit

EET Time Zone Geo Map
EET timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 3am to 4amEnd: Eastern European Time (EET) has ended on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 30, 2025, 4:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends .

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 4am to 3amStart: Eastern European Time (EET) starts on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 4:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 3:00 am. Standard time starts .

EET 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 two hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for EET
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EET time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Cairo
  • Africa/Tripoli
  • Asia/Beirut
  • Asia/Famagusta
  • Asia/Gaza
  • Asia/Hebron
  • Asia/Nicosia
  • EET
  • Egypt
  • Europe/Athens
  • Europe/Bucharest
  • Europe/Chisinau
  • Europe/Helsinki
  • Europe/Kaliningrad
  • Europe/Kiev
  • Europe/Kyiv
  • Europe/Mariehamn
  • Europe/Nicosia
  • Europe/Riga
  • Europe/Sofia
  • Europe/Tallinn
  • Europe/Tiraspol
  • Europe/Uzhgorod
  • Europe/Vilnius
  • Europe/Zaporozhye
  • Libya
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

Helsinki Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
EET - Eastern European Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+3:00 hours during Eastern European Summer Time, currently in use.
+2:00 hours during Eastern European 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 4am Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 3:00 am local time. DST starts annually the on last Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 30, 2025, 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 3am Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 4:00 am local time. DST ends annually the on last Sunday of October. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 26, 2025, 3:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Helsinki Facts

Country
Finland
Alternative Names
Elsin'ki, Elsinki, Elzinki, Gel'sinki, HEL, Heilsinci, Heilsincí, Hel'sinki, Helsenkis, Helsingfors, Helsingi, Helsingia, Helsinki, Helsinkis, Helsinkium, Helsinko, Helsinky, Helsinqui, Helsinquia, Helsset, Helsínquia, Helsînkî, Helsėnkis, Hèlsinki, Khel'sinki, Khel'sinki osh, Khelsinki, Khelzinki, Lungsod ng Helsinki, Stadi, Xelsinki, Xélsinki, elcinki, hailasiki, he er xin ji, helasinki, helsingki, helsinki, herushinki, hlsnky, hlsnqy, hlsynky, hlsynqy, hylsynky, Èlzinki, Ħelsinki, Ελσίνκι, Гельсінкі, Хелзинки, Хелсинки, Хельсинки, Хельсинки ош, Хельсінкі, Ҳелсинкӣ, Һel'sinki, Һельсинки, Հելսինկի, הלסינקי, העלסינקי, هلسنكي, هلسنڪي, هلسینکی, هيلسينكى, هیلسینکی, ھێلسینکی, ہلسنکی, ہیلسنکی, ܗܠܣܢܩܝ, हेलसिंकी, हेल्सिन्की, হেলসিঙ্কি, ਹੈਲਸਿੰਕੀ, எல்சிங்கி, ಹೆಲ್ಸಿಂಕಿ, ഹെൽസിങ്കി, เฮลซิงกิ, ཧེལ་སིན་ཀི།, ဟယ်လ်ဆင်ကီမြို့, ჰელსინკი, ሄልሲንኪ, Ḥélsinki, ヘルシンキ, 赫尔辛基, 赫爾辛基, 헬싱키
Population
558,457
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Geographic Coordinates
60° 10' N Latitude / 24° 56' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+358