UTC+03:00



UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as.

East Africa Time

 * Comoros
 * Djibouti
 * Eritrea
 * Ethiopia
 * Kenya
 * Madagascar
 * Mayotte (France) and Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean (Bassas da India, Europa Island, Juan de Nova Island)
 * Somalia
 * South Sudan
 * Sudan
 * Tanzania
 * Uganda

Eastern Europe Forward Time (EEFT), or Further-eastern European Time (FET)
Since September 2011 the following areas in Eastern Europe use UTC+3 all year round:
 * Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, Kaliningrad Time
 * Belarus, Minsk Time

Arabia Standard Time
Arabia Standard Time, or AST, is used by some countries in the Middle East. As this time zone is predominantly in the equatorial region, there is no significant change in day length throughout the year, so daylight saving time is not observed. Arabia Standard Time is used by the following countries:

Notes:
 * Bahrain
 * Iraq
 * Jordan
 * Kuwait
 * Saudi Arabia
 * Yemen
 * Qatar
 * 1) The westernmost point at which UTC+03 with no DST is applied is the Russian town of Baltiysk, in the Kaliningrad Oblast, at 19°55′E. Before 27 March 2011, it was the westernmost point of Sudan, in the West Darfur state, at the border with Chad; Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, located very close to that point, has a longitude of 22°27' E.
 * 2) The easternmost point at which UTC+03 with no DST is applied is actually the easternmost point of Saudi Arabia, in the Eastern Province, at the border with Oman, with a longitude of roughly 55°20' E.

As standard time (Northern Hemisphere winter only)
Formerly Moscow Time, before 27 March 2011; now UTC+4.

Eastern European Summer Time - Territories observing European Union DST rules

 * Bulgaria
 * Cyprus (including Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)
 * Estonia
 * Finland (including Åland)
 * Greece
 * Latvia
 * Lithuania
 * Ukraine
 * Moldova
 * Romania
 * Turkey

Middle East - observing various DST rules

 * Egypt
 * Israel
 * Lebanon
 * Palestinian territories
 * Syria