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A
Alpha Time Zone
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
SAST
South Africa Standard Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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Selected conversion

1:00 pm13:00 A (UTC+1), Oct 6, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 6, 2026

A is 1 hour behind SAST.

A and SAST examples

These examples always use A (UTC+1) and SAST (UTC+2). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

A is 1 hour behind SAST.

How the time difference changes

A is 1 hour behind SAST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in A correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in SAST.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in A correspond to 10:00 to 18:00 in SAST.

Compare A time with SAST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Alpha Time Zone is 1 hour behind South Africa Standard Time.
1:00 pm13:00 in A is 2:00 pm14:00 in SAST

A to SAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in A which corresponds to 10am-5pm10:00-17:00 in SAST

1:00 pm13:00 Alpha Time Zone (A). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

1:00 pm13:00 A / 2:00 pm14:00 SAST

ASAST
12:00am1:00am
1:00am2:00am
2:00am3:00am
3:00am4:00am
4:00am5:00am
5:00am6:00am
6:00am7:00am
7:00am8:00am
8:00am9:00am
9:00am10:00am
10:00am11:00am
11:00am12:00pm
12:00pm1:00pm
1:00pm2:00pm
2:00pm3:00pm
3:00pm4:00pm
4:00pm5:00pm
5:00pm6:00pm
6:00pm7:00pm
7:00pm8:00pm
8:00pm9:00pm
9:00pm10:00pm
10:00pm11:00pm
11:00pm12:00am
00:0001:00
01:0002:00
02:0003:00
03:0004:00
04:0005:00
05:0006:00
06:0007:00
07:0008:00
08:0009:00
09:0010:00
10:0011:00
11:0012:00
12:0013:00
13:0014:00
14:0015:00
15:0016:00
16:0017:00
17:0018:00
18:0019:00
19:0020:00
20:0021:00
21:0022:00
22:0023:00
23:0000:00

Alpha Time Zone

Offset: A is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Military

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Alpha Time Zone (A) do not change for daylight saving time, so A stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

A representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for A
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time

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 Johannesburg in South Africa, with about 9.418 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Soweto.

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; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

SAST Time Zone Geo Map
SAST timezone map

SAST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for SAST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects SAST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Johannesburg
  • Africa/Maseru
  • Africa/Mbabane
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • 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