A to SAST Converter
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Selected conversion
1:00 pm13:00 A (UTC+1), Oct 14, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 14, 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
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Alpha Time Zone
Offset: A is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Daylight Saving: Some places on Alpha Time Zone (A) keep the same time all year, while others use A for only part of the year and change their clocks for daylight saving time; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC+2 (CEST).
A representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +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.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for A
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- 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 of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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, Gqeberha.
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 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