East Africa Time
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Time zones of Africa:
Striped colours indicate countries observing daylight saving time. Outside Africa the zones may have other names.
| 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 |
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]
- ^ "EAT Time". World Time Zones.Org. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ "EAT Time". World Time Zones.Org. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
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