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BotswanaCAT
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2:00 pm14:00 CAT (UTC+2), Oct 13, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 13, 2026

Gaborone and SAST have the same local time.

How the time difference changes

Gaborone and SAST have the same time year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Gaborone correspond to 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in SAST.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in Gaborone correspond to 09:00 to 17:00 in SAST.

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

Time Difference

CAT (Central Africa Time) and South Africa Standard Time have the same local time.
2:00 pm14:00 in Gaborone, Botswana is 2:00 pm14:00 in SAST

Gaborone to SAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in Gaborone which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in SAST

2:00 pm14:00 CAT (Central Africa Time) (Gaborone, Botswana). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 Gaborone, Botswana / 2:00 pm14:00 SAST

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Gaborone Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
CAT – Central Africa Time, UTC+2 (no daylight saving time)

Gaborone Facts

Country
Botswana
Alternative Names
GBE, Gabaroneh, Gaberones, Gaberones Village, Gaberono, Gaboron, Gaboronas, Gaborone, Gaboròn, Gaboróne, IGaborone, Nkamporone, Qaborone, gabolone, gaborone, gaboroni, gabwrwn, gbrwn, gebaroni, goborni, haborone, jabwrwn, jia bai long li, jia bo long li, ka bo rone, kaparoni, Γκαμπορόνε, Габаронэ, Габороне, Գաբորոնե, גאבאראן, גאבורון, جابورون, گابورون, گابۆرۆن, گبرون, गॅबारोनी, गोबोर्नी, ਗਾਬੋਰੋਨੀ, காபரோனி, กาโบโรเน, ག་བོ་རོ་ནི།, გაბორონე, ጋበሮኔ, ጋቦሮን, ハボローネ, 嘉柏隆里, 嘉波隆里, 가보로네
Population
246,325
Currency
Pula (BWP)
Geographic Coordinates
24° 39' S Latitude / 25° 54' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+267

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

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