What is AEST in EAT?

East Africa Time is 8 hours behind

Australian Eastern Time is on UTC+11:00 and East Africa Time is on UTC+3:00 right now. Australian Eastern Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read AEDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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AEDT — Australian Eastern Time

EAT — East Africa Time

1:00 pm

EAT, Fri

Time in Sydney: 9:01:03 PM
Time in Nairobi: 1:01:03 PM
Difference: −8 h
Next clock change: April 4, 2027

When the difference changes

Australian Eastern Time and East Africa Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:

Now – April 4, 2027East Africa Time is 8 hours behind
April 4, 2027 – October 3, 2027East Africa Time is 7 hours behind
October 3, 2027 – onwardsEast Africa Time is 8 hours behind

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Australian Eastern Time

Sunday, April 4, 2027

Clocks go back one hour — 3:00 am becomes 2:00 am local time, and the zone is on AEST after that.

East Africa Time

No clock changes

East Africa Time stays on EAT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

AEST to EAT conversion table

Every hour of Friday, November 13, 2026, converted from Australian Eastern Time to East Africa Time. 8 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Nairobi, which is marked.

12:00 am AEDT: 4:00 pm EAT−1 day
1:00 am AEDT: 5:00 pm EAT−1 day
2:00 am AEDT: 6:00 pm EAT−1 day
3:00 am AEDT: 7:00 pm EAT−1 day
4:00 am AEDT: 8:00 pm EAT−1 day
5:00 am AEDT: 9:00 pm EAT−1 day
6:00 am AEDT: 10:00 pm EAT−1 day
7:00 am AEDT: 11:00 pm EAT−1 day
8:00 am AEDT: 12:00 am EAT
9:00 am AEDT: 1:00 am EAT
10:00 am AEDT: 2:00 am EAT
11:00 am AEDT: 3:00 am EAT

12:00 pm AEDT: 4:00 am EAT
1:00 pm AEDT: 5:00 am EAT
2:00 pm AEDT: 6:00 am EAT
3:00 pm AEDT: 7:00 am EAT
4:00 pm AEDT: 8:00 am EAT
5:00 pm AEDT: 9:00 am EAT
6:00 pm AEDT: 10:00 am EAT
7:00 pm AEDT: 11:00 am EAT
8:00 pm AEDT: 12:00 pm EAT
9:00 pm AEDT: 1:00 pm EAT
10:00 pm AEDT: 2:00 pm EAT
11:00 pm AEDT: 3:00 pm EAT

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm AEDT, which is 9:00 am to 10:00 am EAT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Australian Eastern Time (AEDT) is used in Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. Queensland stays on AEST all year while the southern states move to AEDT.

East Africa Time (EAT) is used in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia