East Africa Time, or EAT, is a
time zone used in eastern
Africa
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. The time zone is three hours ahead of UTC (
UTC+03:00), which is the same as
Moscow Time,
Arabia Standard Time,
Further-eastern European Time and
Eastern European Summer Time.
As this time zone is predominantly in the
equator
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ial region, there is no significant change in day length throughout the year and so
daylight saving time
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is not observed.
East Africa Time is observed by the following countries:
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See also
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Moscow Time, an equivalent time zone covering
Belarus,
Turkey and most of
European Russia
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, also at
UTC+03:00
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Arabia Standard Time, an equivalent time zone covering
Bahrain,
Iraq,
Kuwait,
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia and
Yemen, also at
UTC+03:00
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Eastern European Summer Time, an equivalent time zone covering
European and
Middle Eastern
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countries during
daylight saving, also at
UTC+03:00
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Israel Summer Time, an equivalent time zone covering the
State of Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
during
daylight saving, also at
UTC+03:00
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Further-eastern European Time, an equivalent time zone covering extended Eastern
European countries, also at
UTC+03:00
References
Time zone
Time zones
Time in Africa
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