What is EEST Time?
You need to keep in mind that EEST Time zone is an identifier for a time offset that is 3 hours ahead of the
UTC time zone.
This time pattern is maintained using highly accurate atomic clocks matched to the Earth's rotation.
In this section, you will learn key facts about this time zone and stay well informed.
The IANA time zone identifier for EEST Time is Etc/GMT-3.
Please be aware that this time zone is observed during
Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the spring, summer, and autumn months.
During the winter months, clocks went back one hour to the
UTC+2 offset and
UTC+2 offset and
EET Time is observed.
About This Time Pattern
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Time Offset: UTC+3, UTC+03:00
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Abbreviation: Eastern European Summer Time
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DST Began: Last Sunday in March (clocks go forward one hour).
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DST Ends: Last Sunday in October (clocks went back one hour).
What is EEST Time Zone?
This time zone is a time offset that adds 3 hours to
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
In the map above we highlight the entire region covered by this time zone.
Its main cities and territories are:
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Athens
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Helsinki
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Tallinn
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Riga
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Vilnius
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Bucharest
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Kiev
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Damascus
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Beirut
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Amman
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Aleppo (Syria)
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Brașov (Romania)
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Chișinău (Moldova)
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Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
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Constanța (Romania)
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Daugavpils (Latvia)
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Dnipro (Ukraine)
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Iași (Romania)
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Kaunas (Lithuania)
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Kharkiv (Ukraine)
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Nicosia (Cyprus)
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Odessa (Ukraine)
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Oradea (Romania)
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Oulu (Finland)
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Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
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Sofia (Bulgaria)
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Tampere (Finland)
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Thessaloniki (Greece)
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Timișoara (Romania)
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Turku (Finland)
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Varna (Bulgaria)
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Benghazi (Libya)
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Tripoli (Libya)
In the map above we highlight the entire region covered by the time zone.
This time offset is also observed during standard time and daylight saving time for various geographic regions.
You need to be very careful finding these time zones that may have different names and abbreviations, but have the same UTC offset:
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Arabia Standard Time (AST)
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East Africa Time (EAT)
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Further-eastern European Time (FET)
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Israel Daylight Time (IDT)
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Indian Ocean Time (IOT)
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Moscow Time (MSK)
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Showa Station Time (SYOT)
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Turkey Time (TRT)
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Charlie Time Zone (C)
EEST Time Zone Countries
This time zone is used in the following countries:
This time zone is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European and Middle Eastern countries.
Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
Previously, the rules were not uniform across the European Union.
Current EEST Time with seconds according to the official atomic clock.
