Time in Eritrea
Time in Eritrea is in a single time zone, officially denoted as East Africa Time (EAT; UTC+03:00).[1][2] Eritrea has never observed daylight saving time.[3] It has consistently observed EAT since its independence in 1993.
| Time in Eritrea | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | East Africa Time |
| Initials | EAT |
| UTC offset | UTC+03:00 |
| Adopted | 1993 |
| Daylight saving time | |
| DST not observed | |
| tz database | |
| Africa/Asmara | |
IANA time zone database
In the IANA time zone database, Eritrea is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Asmara. "ER" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Eritrea directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[4]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ER | +1520+03853 | Africa/Asmara | +03:00 | +03:00 |
References
- Eritrea. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- Eritrea Time Zone. TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- DST Changes in Eritrea. TimeAndDate.com. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- Africa at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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