EAT

Units & Measurements abbreviation · Time Zone

EAT
Stands forEast Africa Time
CategoriesUnits & Measurements

EAT stands for East Africa Time, a time zone abbreviation.

Used year-round in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Madagascar, East Africa Time is three hours ahead of UTC.

Example: The Nairobi briefing is scheduled for 10:00 EAT on Thursday.

Usage notes

Swahili speakers traditionally count hours from dawn, so 7 a.m. is "saa moja" (hour one), and Ethiopia uses a similar 12-hour cycle starting at 6 a.m., which visitors should check when booking. Ethiopia also uses its own calendar, about seven to eight years behind the Gregorian.

More time zone abbreviations

  • CEST – Central European Summer Time
  • CET – Central European Time
  • ChST – Chamorro Standard Time
  • CST – Central Standard Time (North America)
  • CT – Central Time
  • DST – Daylight saving time
  • EDT – Eastern Daylight Time
  • EEST – Eastern European Summer Time
  • EET – Eastern European Time
  • EST – Eastern Standard Time
  • ET – Eastern Time
  • GMT – Greenwich Mean Time

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