CET to SAST to Accra Time Converter
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2:00 pm14:00 CEST (UTC+2), Oct 23, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 23, 2026 = 12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Oct 23, 2026
CEST and SAST have the same local time. CEST is 2 hours ahead of Accra.
How the time difference changes
CET to SAST
For most of the year, CEST and SAST have the same time. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, CET is 1 hour behind SAST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CEST correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in SAST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in SAST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in SAST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in SAST.
CET to Accra
For most of the year, CEST is 2 hours ahead of Accra. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, CET is 1 hour ahead of Accra.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CEST correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in Accra. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CET correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in Accra.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CEST correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in Accra. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CET correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in Accra.
Compare CET time with SAST and Accra time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Central European Summer Time and South Africa Standard Time have the same local time. Central European Summer Time is 2 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
2:00 pm14:00 in CEST is 2:00 pm14:00 in SAST and is 12:00 pm12:00 in Accra, Ghana
CEST to SAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in CEST which corresponds to 9am-6pm09:00-18:00 in SAST
CEST to Accra call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in CEST which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in Accra
2:00 pm14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) (Accra, Ghana). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 CEST / 2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 12:00 pm12:00 Accra, Ghana
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| CEST | SAST | Accra, Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00am | 10:00pm previous day | |
| 1:00am | 11:00pm previous day | |
| 2:00am | 12:00am | |
| 3:00am | 1:00am | |
| 4:00am | 2:00am | |
| 5:00am | 3:00am | |
| 6:00am | 4:00am | |
| 7:00am | 5:00am | |
| 8:00am | 6:00am | |
| 9:00am | 7:00am | |
| 10:00am | 8:00am | |
| 11:00am | 9:00am | |
| 12:00pm | 10:00am | |
| 1:00pm | 11:00am | |
| 2:00pm | 12:00pm | |
| 3:00pm | 1:00pm | |
| 4:00pm | 2:00pm | |
| 5:00pm | 3:00pm | |
| 6:00pm | 4:00pm | |
| 7:00pm | 5:00pm | |
| 8:00pm | 6:00pm | |
| 9:00pm | 7:00pm | |
| 10:00pm | 8:00pm | |
| 11:00pm | 9:00pm | |
| 00:00 | 22:00 previous day | |
| 01:00 | 23:00 previous day | |
| 02:00 | 00:00 | |
| 03:00 | 01:00 | |
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| 07:00 | 05:00 | |
| 08:00 | 06:00 | |
| 09:00 | 07:00 | |
| 10:00 | 08:00 | |
| 11:00 | 09:00 | |
| 12:00 | 10:00 | |
| 13:00 | 11:00 | |
| 14:00 | 12:00 | |
| 15:00 | 13:00 | |
| 16:00 | 14:00 | |
| 17:00 | 15:00 | |
| 18:00 | 16:00 | |
| 19:00 | 17:00 | |
| 20:00 | 18:00 | |
| 21:00 | 19:00 | |
| 22:00 | 20:00 | |
| 23:00 | 21:00 |
Central European Time
Offset: CET is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Vatican City
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CET time zone is Berlin in Germany, with about 3.426 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Paris.
German: MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
Today the lighter areas are on UTC+2 (CEST).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central European Summer Time (CEST).
End: Central European Time (CET) ended on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of March.
Start: Central European Time (CET) starts on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Standard time starts annually on the last Sunday of October.
CET 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 CET
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Africa/Algiers
- Africa/Ceuta
- Africa/Tunis
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Atlantic/Jan_Mayen
- CET
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Europe/Andorra
- Europe/Belgrade
- Europe/Berlin
- Europe/Bratislava
- Europe/Brussels
- Europe/Budapest
- Europe/Busingen
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Europe/Gibraltar
- Europe/Ljubljana
- Europe/Luxembourg
- Europe/Madrid
- Europe/Malta
- Europe/Monaco
- Europe/Oslo
- Europe/Paris
- Europe/Podgorica
- Europe/Prague
- Europe/Rome
- Europe/San_Marino
- Europe/Sarajevo
- Europe/Skopje
- Europe/Stockholm
- Europe/Tirane
- Europe/Vaduz
- Europe/Vatican
- Europe/Vienna
- Europe/Warsaw
- Europe/Zagreb
- Europe/Zurich
- MET
- Poland
- 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: Eswatini, Lesotho, 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