Time Zone History

Kenya time zone history

The zone’s clock record is used in 10 countries and territories today. On standard time, clocks in Nairobi run 33 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.

UTC+3

Standard time is UTC+3 (EAT) all year under the current rules.

tz database name Africa/Nairobi

Convert a time from Kenya

UTC+3 every day since 1970

UTC+2:27:16, UTC+2:30, UTC+2:45: behind today’s standard timeUTC+3: today’s standard timeUTC+2:27:16, UTC+2:30, UTC+2:45:behind today’s standard timeUTC+3: today’s standard time

How to read this chart

Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
May 1, 1908Local mean time (UTC+2:27:16) replacedUTC+2:30numeric only
July 1, 1928Standard time forward 30 minutesUTC+3EAT
January 5, 1930Standard time back 30 minutesUTC+2:30numeric only
January 1, 1937Standard time forward 15 minutesUTC+2:45numeric only
August 1, 1942Standard time forward 15 minutesUTC+3EAT

Also on UTC+3

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Simferopol (Ukraine), Volgograd (Russia), Belarus and Moscow (Russia) (nearest first; 1 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • South Sudan (894 km): same time except 10,406 days in 1970–2000 and 2021–2026; 1 hour behind today.
  • Sudan (1,935 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 9,225 days in 1970–1985 and 2000–2017.
  • Mozambique (2,782 km): always 1 hour behind.
  • Chad (2,828 km): usually 2 hours behind; different on 146 days in 1979 and 1980.
  • South Africa (2,932 km): always 1 hour behind.

How it compares

Kenya has kept UTC+3 since 1942, with no clock changes since 1970.