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What is SAST in EAT?

East Africa Time is 1 hour ahead

South Africa Standard Time is on UTC+2:00 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 Johannesburg
2:04:07 PM
Time in Nairobi
3:04:07 PM
Difference
+1 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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EAT — East Africa Time

3:00 pm

EAT, Fri

Daylight saving

South Africa Standard Time

No clock changes

South Africa Standard Time stays on SAST 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.

SAST to EAT conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from South Africa Standard Time to East Africa Time. 1 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Nairobi, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm SAST, which is 10:00 am to 6:00 pm EAT. 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

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