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2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 24, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 A (UTC+1), Oct 24, 2026

SAST is 1 hour ahead of A.

SAST and A examples

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

SAST is 1 hour ahead of A.

How the time difference changes

SAST is 1 hour ahead of A year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in SAST correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in A.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in SAST correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in A.

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

Time Difference

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

SAST to A call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in SAST which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in A

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

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

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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

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

Alpha Time Zone

Offset: A is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Croatia, Czechia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Faroe Islands, France, Gabon, Germany, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Jersey, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Principal Cities: The largest city in the A time zone is Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 16 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lagos, London, Kano, Ibadan.

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.

Map of the areas on Alpha Time Zone (A)
A all year A part of the year

Today some of the lighter areas are on UTC+2 (CEST).

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