SAST to IST Converter
Quick answers
SAST is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind IST. SAST uses GMT +2, and IST uses GMT +5:30 for this comparison.
For example, 2:00 pm SAST is 5:30 pm IST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 9am-1:30pm SAST, which is 12:30pm-5pm IST.
Compare SAST time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
South Africa Standard Time is 3 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time
2:00 pm14:00 in SAST is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
SAST to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1:30pm in SAST which corresponds to 12:30pm-5pm in IST
2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
| SAST | IST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 3:30 am |
| 1am | 4:30 am |
| 2am | 5:30 am |
| 3am | 6:30 am |
| 4am | 7:30 am |
| 5am | 8:30 am |
| 6am | 9:30 am |
| 7am | 10:30 am |
| 8am | 11:30 am |
| 9am | 12:30 pm |
| 10am | 1:30 pm |
| 11am | 2:30 pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 3:30 pm |
| 1pm | 4:30 pm |
| 2pm | 5:30 pm |
| 3pm | 6:30 pm |
| 4pm | 7:30 pm |
| 5pm | 8:30 pm |
| 6pm | 9:30 pm |
| 7pm | 10:30 pm |
| 8pm | 11:30 pm |
| 9pm | 12:30 am |
| 10pm | 1:30 am |
| 11pm | 2:30 am |
| 00:00 | 03:30 |
| 01:00 | 04:30 |
| 02:00 | 05:30 |
| 03:00 | 06:30 |
| 04:00 | 07:30 |
| 05:00 | 08:30 |
| 06:00 | 09:30 |
| 07:00 | 10:30 |
| 08:00 | 11:30 |
| 09:00 | 12:30 |
| 10:00 | 13:30 |
| 11:00 | 14:30 |
| 12:00 | 15:30 |
| 13:00 | 16:30 |
| 14:00 | 17:30 |
| 15:00 | 18:30 |
| 16:00 | 19:30 |
| 17:00 | 20:30 |
| 18:00 | 21:30 |
| 19:00 | 22:30 |
| 20:00 | 23:30 |
| 21:00 | 00:30 |
| 22:00 | 01:30 |
| 23:00 | 02:30 |
South Africa Standard Time
Offset: SAST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries using this time zone: Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), South Africa
Principal Cities: The largest city in the SAST time zone is Cape Town in South Africa, with about 3.433 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Durban, Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in South Africa Standard Time (SAST) do not change for daylight saving time, so SAST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
SAST representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for SAST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Africa/Maseru
- Africa/Mbabane
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2