The time zone in Ethiopia is East Africa Time (EAT) (). The IANA time zone database identifier is Africa/Addis_Ababa.
Ethiopia does not observe daylight saving time.
Almost all Ethiopians use a modified 12-hour clock system. 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). , the modified 12-hour system remained common, despite pressure to follow international norms. <br>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: âÂÂlocal residents effectively observe UTCâÂÂ03:00âÂÂ.