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What is EAT in AEST?

Australian Eastern Time is 7 hours ahead

East Africa Time is on UTC+3:00 and Australian Eastern Time is on UTC+10:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Nairobi
3:53:36 PM
Time in Sydney
10:53:36 PM
Difference
+7 h
Next clock change
October 4, 2026

Convert a time

AEST — Australian Eastern Time

10:00 pm

AEST, Fri

When the difference changes

East Africa Time and Australian Eastern 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:

  1. Now – October 3, 2026Australian Eastern Time is 7 hours ahead
  2. October 3, 2026 – April 3, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 8 hours ahead
  3. April 3, 2027 – October 2, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 7 hours ahead
  4. October 2, 2027 – onwardsAustralian Eastern Time is 8 hours ahead

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

East Africa Time

No clock changes

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

Australian Eastern Time

Sunday, October 4, 2026

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

EAT to AEST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from East Africa Time to Australian Eastern Time. 7 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Sydney, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 11:00 am EAT, which is 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm AEST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

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

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

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