EST to SAST to PDT
Time Difference
Eastern Daylight Time is 6 hours behind South Africa Standard Time and 3 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time
3:30 pm15:30 in EDT is 9:30 pm21:30 in SAST and is 12:30 pm12:30 in PDT
EST to SAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-11am in EST which corresponds to 3pm-6pm in SAST
EST to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm in EST which corresponds to 8am-4pm in PDT
3:30 pm15:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
9:30 pm21:30 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
12:30 pm12:30 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
3:30 pm15:30 EDT / 9:30 pm21:30 SAST / 12:30 pm12:30 PDT
EDT | SAST | PDT |
---|---|---|
12am (midnight) | 6am | 9pm |
1am | 7am | 10pm |
2am | 8am | 11pm |
3am | 9am | 12am (midnight) |
4am | 10am | 1am |
5am | 11am | 2am |
6am | 12pm (noon) | 3am |
7am | 1pm | 4am |
8am | 2pm | 5am |
9am | 3pm | 6am |
10am | 4pm | 7am |
11am | 5pm | 8am |
12pm (noon) | 6pm | 9am |
1pm | 7pm | 10am |
2pm | 8pm | 11am |
3pm | 9pm | 12pm (noon) |
4pm | 10pm | 1pm |
5pm | 11pm | 2pm |
6pm | 12am (midnight) | 3pm |
7pm | 1am | 4pm |
8pm | 2am | 5pm |
9pm | 3am | 6pm |
10pm | 4am | 7pm |
11pm | 5am | 8pm |
0:00 | 6:00 | 21:00 |
1:00 | 7:00 | 22:00 |
2:00 | 8:00 | 23:00 |
3:00 | 9:00 | 0:00 |
4:00 | 10:00 | 1:00 |
5:00 | 11:00 | 2:00 |
6:00 | 12:00 | 3:00 |
7:00 | 13:00 | 4:00 |
8:00 | 14:00 | 5:00 |
9:00 | 15:00 | 6:00 |
10:00 | 16:00 | 7:00 |
11:00 | 17:00 | 8:00 |
12:00 | 18:00 | 9:00 |
13:00 | 19:00 | 10:00 |
14:00 | 20:00 | 11:00 |
15:00 | 21:00 | 12:00 |
16:00 | 22:00 | 13:00 |
17:00 | 23:00 | 14:00 |
18:00 | 0:00 | 15:00 |
19:00 | 1:00 | 16:00 |
20:00 | 2:00 | 17:00 |
21:00 | 3:00 | 18:00 |
22:00 | 4:00 | 19:00 |
23:00 | 5:00 | 20:00 |
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST timezone is New York City from USA with population about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in the area are Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) has ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on second Sunday of March.
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on first Sunday of November.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
South Africa Standard Time
Offset: SAST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries: It is used in following countries: Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), South Africa
Principal Cities: The largest city in the SAST timezone is Cape Town from South Africa with population about 3.433 million people. Other major cities in the area are Durban, Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria
Daylight Saving: South Africa Standard Time (SAST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore SAST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, South Africa Standard Time remains the same

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 two hour and zero minutes time differences 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
Pacific Daylight Time
Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT timezone is Los Angeles from USA with population about 3.793 million people. Other major cities in the area are Vancouver, Tijuana, San Diego, San Jose
French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste

Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).
Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) started on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on second Sunday of March
End: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ends on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on first Sunday of November
PDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -07 - basic short
- -0700 - basic
- -07:00 - extended
- -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates seven hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
- T - short form of 'Tango'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- MST - Mountain Standard Time
- PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
- YST - Yukon Standard Time
- T - Tango Time Zone