What is EST in EAT?

East Africa Time is 8 hours ahead

Eastern Time is on UTC−5:00 and East Africa Time is on UTC+3:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Convert a time

EST — Eastern Time

EAT — East Africa Time

11:00 am

EAT, Sat

Time in New York: 3:29:43 AM
Time in Nairobi: 11:29:43 AM
Difference: +8 h
Next clock change: March 14, 2027

When the difference changes

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 – March 14, 2027East Africa Time is 8 hours ahead
March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027East Africa Time is 7 hours ahead
November 7, 2027 – onwardsEast Africa 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

Eastern Time

Sunday, March 14, 2027

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

East Africa Time

No clock changes

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

EST to EAT conversion table

Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from 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 EST: 8:00 am EAT
1:00 am EST: 9:00 am EAT
2:00 am EST: 10:00 am EAT
3:00 am EST: 11:00 am EAT
4:00 am EST: 12:00 pm EAT
5:00 am EST: 1:00 pm EAT
6:00 am EST: 2:00 pm EAT
7:00 am EST: 3:00 pm EAT
8:00 am EST: 4:00 pm EAT
9:00 am EST: 5:00 pm EAT
10:00 am EST: 6:00 pm EAT
11:00 am EST: 7:00 pm EAT

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

Scheduling between the two

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

Eastern Time (EST) is used in Toronto, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit and most of the US east coast

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