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What is AWST in EAT?

East Africa Time is 5 hours behind

Australian Western Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 and East Africa Time is on UTC+3:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.

Time in Perth
8:53:58 PM
Time in Nairobi
3:53:58 PM
Difference
−5 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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EAT — East Africa Time

3:00 pm

EAT, Fri

Daylight saving

Australian Western Standard Time

No clock changes

Australian Western Standard Time stays on AWST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

East Africa Time

No clock changes

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

AWST to EAT conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Australian Western Standard Time to East Africa Time. 5 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Nairobi, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm AWST, which is 9:00 am to 1:00 pm EAT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) is used in Western Australia, which does not observe daylight saving

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

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