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 and summer time rules not indicated in this figure.
| UTC−01:00 | Cape Verde Time (The islands of Cape Verde are to the west of the African mainland.) | |
| UTC±00:00 | Western European Time · Greenwich Mean Time | |
| UTC+01:00 | Central European Time · West Africa Time · Western European Summer Time. | |
| UTC+02:00 | Central Africa Time · Eastern European Time · South African Standard Time · West Africa Summer Time | |
| UTC+03:00 | East Africa Time | |
| UTC+04:00 | Mauritius Time · Seychelles 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:
See also
- Moscow Time, an equivalent time zone covering Belarus and most of European Russia, also at UTC+03:00
References
- ↑ "EAT Time". World Time Zones.Org. Retrieved 29 April 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "EAT Time". World Time Zones.Org. Retrieved 29 April 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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