East Africa Time

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Time zones of Africa:
    UTC−01:00 Cape Verde Time (The islands of Cape Verde are to the west of the African mainland.)
    UTC±00:00 Greenwich Mean Time Western European Time
    UTC+01:00 Central European Time · West Africa Time · Western European Summer Time.
    UTC+02:00 Eastern European Time · Central Africa Time · West Africa Summer Time · South African Standard Time
    UTC+03:00 Eastern European Summer Time · East Africa Time
    UTC+04:00 Mauritius Time · Seychelles Time · Moscow Time
Striped colours indicate countries observing daylight saving time. Outside Africa the zones may have other names.

East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa. The zone is three hours ahead of UTC (UTC+3), which is the same as Arabia Standard Time, and also the same as Eastern European Summer Time.[1]

As this time zone is predominantly in the equatorial region, there is no significant change in day length throughout the year, so daylight saving time is not observed.[2]

East Africa Time is used by the following countries:

References [edit]

  1. ^ "EAT Time". World Time Zones.Org. Retrieved 29 April 2012. 
  2. ^ "EAT Time". World Time Zones.Org. Retrieved 29 April 2012.