Convert HKT to EAT
EAT is 5 hours behind HKT. HKT is UTC+8 and EAT is UTC+3.
Right now: HKT · EAT
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 3 hours: 2:00 PM–5:00 PM HKT (9:00 AM–12:00 PM EAT). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| HKT | EAT | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 4:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 10:00 AM | 5:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 11:00 AM | 6:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 12:00 PM | 7:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 1:00 PM | 8:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 2:00 PM | 9:00 AM | working hours |
| 3:00 PM | 10:00 AM | working hours |
| 4:00 PM | 11:00 AM | working hours |
| 5:00 PM | 12:00 PM | working hours |
HKT to EAT conversion table
| HKT | EAT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 7:00 PM (previous day) |
| 1:00 AM | 8:00 PM (previous day) |
| 2:00 AM | 9:00 PM (previous day) |
| 3:00 AM | 10:00 PM (previous day) |
| 4:00 AM | 11:00 PM (previous day) |
| 5:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 7:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 5:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
About HKT
Hong Kong Time (HKT) is UTC+8. It is used in Hong Kong, and matching mainland China and Taiwan.
Hong Kong Time is UTC+8 and has had no daylight saving since 1979. It shares its offset with mainland China, Singapore, Taiwan, Manila and Perth, which makes UTC+8 the most economically dense single offset in the world — roughly a fifth of the planet's population runs on it, and a meeting scheduled in it reaches an unusual amount of Asia at once.
About EAT
East Africa Time (EAT) is UTC+3. It is used in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda and Somalia.
East Africa Time is UTC+3 and fixed. Nairobi, Addis Ababa and Dar es Salaam all keep it. Ethiopia additionally uses a clock that counts from dawn rather than midnight for everyday purposes, six hours off the international one, so a time given locally in Addis may need converting twice rather than once.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
Neither HKT nor EAT shifts with the seasons, so this 5-hour difference holds all year. That is unusual enough to be worth relying on: most cross-continental gaps move twice a year.
This is the reason scheduling systems store an IANA zone such as Region/City rather than an offset or an abbreviation: the zone knows its own rules and the offset does not.
Frequently asked questions
What time is 9:00 AM HKT in EAT?
9:00 AM HKT is 4:00 AM EAT.
Is EAT ahead of HKT?
EAT is 5 hours behind HKT.
Which time zone does this use?
HKT is UTC+8 and EAT is UTC+3. Both abbreviations denote a single fixed offset, so this conversion never shifts with daylight saving — what changes is which abbreviation a place is using at the time.