Time in Ethiopia

The time zone in Ethiopia is East Africa Time (EAT) (UTC+03:00).^[1] The IANA time zone database identifier is Africa/Addis_Ababa.^[2]

Ethiopia does not observe daylight saving time.^[3]

Almost all Ethiopians use a modified 12-hour clock system.^[4] The daytime cycle begins at dawn 12:00 (6:00:00 AM EAT) and ends at dusk 11:59:59 (5:59:59 PM EAT). The nighttime cycle begins at dusk 12:00 (6:00:00 PM EAT) and ends at dawn at 11:59:59 (5:59:59 AM EAT). The convention is that the day begins at 1:00 o'clock in the morning according to the 12-hour cycle (7:00 AM EAT) rather than midnight (12:00 AM EAT).^[5] As of 2015, the modified 12-hour system remained common, despite pressure to follow international norms.^[6]
In practice one can subtract 6 hours from EAT to get the Ethiopian one. Or reverse: one can add 6 hours to Ethiopian time to get the EAT. The Arabic version of this article uses this expression: “local residents effectively observe UTC−03:00”.

• Thai six-hour clock
• Roman timekeeping – Hour system with days divided into 24 hours
• Byzantine time – 0:00:00 begins daily at sunset rather than midnight
• Relative hour – Hebrew term ascribed to an hour of a 12-hour day and how it is to be reckoned

• Time in Ethiopia - Current Time Date in Ethiopia
• Time in Ethiopia - Local and International