Convert ICT to EAT
EAT is 4 hours behind ICT. ICT is UTC+7 and EAT is UTC+3.
Right now: ICT · EAT
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 4 hours: 1:00 PM–5:00 PM ICT (9:00 AM–1:00 PM EAT). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| ICT | EAT | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 5:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 10:00 AM | 6:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 11:00 AM | 7:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 12:00 PM | 8:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 1:00 PM | 9:00 AM | working hours |
| 2:00 PM | 10:00 AM | working hours |
| 3:00 PM | 11:00 AM | working hours |
| 4:00 PM | 12:00 PM | working hours |
| 5:00 PM | 1:00 PM | working hours |
ICT to EAT conversion table
| ICT | EAT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 8:00 PM (previous day) |
| 1:00 AM | 9:00 PM (previous day) |
| 2:00 AM | 10:00 PM (previous day) |
| 3:00 AM | 11:00 PM (previous day) |
| 4:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
About ICT
Indochina Time (ICT) is UTC+7. It is used in Bangkok, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta.
Indochina Time is UTC+7, covering Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, with no daylight saving in any of them. Bangkok and Hanoi keep the same clock, which makes the region unusually simple to schedule across — the complication is only ever with the countries around it, since Myanmar is at UTC+6:30 and Malaysia at UTC+8.
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 ICT nor EAT shifts with the seasons, so this 4-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 ICT in EAT?
9:00 AM ICT is 5:00 AM EAT.
Is EAT ahead of ICT?
EAT is 4 hours behind ICT.
Which time zone does this use?
ICT is UTC+7 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.