EEST time now (Eastern European Summer Time)
4:06PM
EEST · UTC+3
UTC+3+8 h vs New York (you)Athens now: EET, UTC+2
What EEST means
EEST stands for Eastern European Summer Time, UTC+3. It is used in eastern Europe, Egypt and Lebanon.
It is a summer time: the daylight saving form of EET (UTC+2), one hour ahead. In Athens it applies from March to October/November: from the last Sunday of March at 3:00 AM to the last Sunday of October at 4:00 AM.
Where and when EEST is used
15 zones use it for part of the year only, switching back to standard time in the other months. Computed from tzdata under the current rules.
| Main city | Time zone | Countries | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo | Africa/Cairo | Egypt | May to October |
| Kyiv | Europe/Kyiv | Ukraine | April to October |
| Beirut | Asia/Beirut | Lebanon | April to October |
| Bucharest | Europe/Bucharest | Romania | April to October |
| Sofia | Europe/Sofia | Bulgaria | April to October |
| Riga | Europe/Riga | Latvia | April to October |
| Athens | Europe/Athens | Greece | April to October |
| Helsinki | Europe/Helsinki | Finland, Aland Islands | April to October |
| Chisinau | Europe/Chisinau | Moldova | April to October |
| Vilnius | Europe/Vilnius | Lithuania | April to October |
| East Jerusalem | Asia/Hebron | Palestinian Territory | April to October |
| Gaza | Asia/Gaza | Palestinian Territory | April to October |
| Tallinn | Europe/Tallinn | Estonia | April to October |
| Nicosia | Asia/Nicosia | Cyprus | April to October |
| Famagusta | Asia/Famagusta | Cyprus | April to October |
How long EEST has been used
In the tzdata record, Beirut has used EEST since 1920, Athens has used EEST since 1932 and Bucharest has used EEST since 1932.
EEST in the past
Zones whose tzdata history shows EEST before 2025 but that no longer use it:
- Asia/Damascus (Aleppo): 1920–2022
- Asia/Amman (Amman): 1973–2022
- Europe/Istanbul (Istanbul): 1916–2016
- Europe/Simferopol (Sevastopol): 1992–2013
- Europe/Kaliningrad (Kaliningrad): 1945–2010
- Europe/Minsk (Minsk): 1991–2010
- Europe/Moscow (Moscow): 1991
- Europe/Warsaw (Warsaw): 1919
EEST converted to other zones
Every column is a fixed offset, so this table is valid on any date. Remember that the regions behind some columns switch to summer time (EST to EDT, CET to CEST, GMT to BST); the clock in those cities is then an hour later than the column.
| EEST (UTC+3) | UTC (UTC+0) | EST (UTC−5) | PST (UTC−8) | CET (UTC+1) | IST (UTC+5:30) | JST (UTC+9) | AEST (UTC+10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 9:00 PM (−1 day) | 4:00 PM (−1 day) | 1:00 PM (−1 day) | 10:00 PM (−1 day) | 2:30 AM | 6:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 3:00 AM | 10:00 PM (−1 day) | 7:00 PM (−1 day) | 4:00 AM | 8:30 AM | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 9:00 AM | 6:00 AM | 1:00 AM | 10:00 PM (−1 day) | 7:00 AM | 11:30 AM | 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 9:00 AM | 4:00 AM | 1:00 AM | 10:00 AM | 2:30 PM | 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 12:00 PM | 7:00 AM | 4:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 5:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 10:00 AM | 7:00 AM | 4:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 12:00 AM (+1 day) | 1:00 AM (+1 day) |
| 9:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 10:00 AM | 7:00 PM | 11:30 PM | 3:00 AM (+1 day) | 4:00 AM (+1 day) |