What is PST in EAT?
East Africa Time is 10 hours ahead
Pacific Time is on UTC−7:00 and East Africa Time is on UTC+3:00 right now. Pacific Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read PDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Los Angeles
- 7:56 pm
- Time in Nairobi
- 5:56 am
- Difference
- +10 h
- Next clock change
- November 1, 2026
Convert a time
EAT — East Africa Time
5:00 am
Wed, the next day
When the difference changes
Pacific 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 – November 1, 2026East Africa Time is 10 hours ahead
- November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027East Africa Time is 11 hours ahead
- March 14, 2027 – onwardsEast Africa Time is 10 hours ahead
Periods shorter than a day are not listed: both zones change at 2am in their own local time, so there are a few hours on each transition date when the gap is briefly something else.
Daylight saving
Pacific Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming PST.
East Africa Time
East Africa Time stays on EAT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
PST to EAT conversion table
Every hour of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, converted from Pacific Time to East Africa Time. 10 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Nairobi, which is marked.
- 12:00 am PDT
- 10:00 am EAT
- 1:00 am PDT
- 11:00 am EAT
- 2:00 am PDT
- 12:00 pm EAT
- 3:00 am PDT
- 1:00 pm EAT
- 4:00 am PDT
- 2:00 pm EAT
- 5:00 am PDT
- 3:00 pm EAT
- 6:00 am PDT
- 4:00 pm EAT
- 7:00 am PDT
- 5:00 pm EAT
- 8:00 am PDT
- 6:00 pm EAT
- 9:00 am PDT
- 7:00 pm EAT
- 10:00 am PDT
- 8:00 pm EAT
- 11:00 am PDT
- 9:00 pm EAT
- 12:00 pm PDT
- 10:00 pm EAT
- 1:00 pm PDT
- 11:00 pm EAT
- 2:00 pm PDT
- 12:00 am EAT+1 day
- 3:00 pm PDT
- 1:00 am EAT+1 day
- 4:00 pm PDT
- 2:00 am EAT+1 day
- 5:00 pm PDT
- 3:00 am EAT+1 day
- 6:00 pm PDT
- 4:00 am EAT+1 day
- 7:00 pm PDT
- 5:00 am EAT+1 day
- 8:00 pm PDT
- 6:00 am EAT+1 day
- 9:00 pm PDT
- 7:00 am EAT+1 day
- 10:00 pm PDT
- 8:00 am EAT+1 day
- 11:00 pm PDT
- 9:00 am EAT+1 day
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Los Angeles and one in Nairobi — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Los Angeles is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Nairobi.
Pacific Time (PDT) is used in San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas and Vancouver
East Africa Time (EAT) is used in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia