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SAST to ACST Converter

SAST
South Africa Standard Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
ACST
Australian Central Standard Time
GMT +9:30
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
ACST is not used on this date
This converter keeps ACST at GMT +9:30. Adelaide uses ACDT (GMT +10:30) on this date. Open the ACDT converter, or choose Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, or Mount Gambier for city-specific time.

Compare SAST time with ACST 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 7 hours and 30 minutes behind Australian Central Standard Time
2:00 pm14:00 in SAST is 9:30 pm21:30 in ACST

SAST to ACST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-9:30am in SAST which corresponds to 4:30pm-5pm in ACST

2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
9:30 pm21:30 Australian Central Standard Time (ACST). Offset UTC +9:30 hours

2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 9:30 pm21:30 ACST

SASTACST
12am (midnight)7:30 am
1am8:30 am
2am9:30 am
3am10:30 am
4am11:30 am
5am12:30 pm
6am1:30 pm
7am2:30 pm
8am3:30 pm
9am4:30 pm
10am5:30 pm
11am6:30 pm
12pm (noon)7:30 pm
1pm8:30 pm
2pm9:30 pm
3pm10:30 pm
4pm11:30 pm
5pm12:30 am
6pm1:30 am
7pm2:30 am
8pm3:30 am
9pm4:30 am
10pm5:30 am
11pm6:30 am
00:0007:30
01:0008:30
02:0009:30
03:0010:30
04:0011:30
05:0012:30
06:0013:30
07:0014:30
08:0015:30
09:0016:30
10:0017:30
11:0018:30
12:0019:30
13:0020:30
14:0021:30
15:0022:30
16:0023:30
17:0000:30
18:0001:30
19:0002:30
20:0003:30
21:0004:30
22:0005:30
23:0006:30

South Africa Standard Time

Offset: SAST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries using this time zone: Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), South Africa

Principal Cities: The largest city in the SAST time zone is Cape Town in South Africa, with about 3.433 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Durban, Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria.

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.

SAST Time Zone Geo Map
SAST timezone map

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

Australian Central Standard Time

Offset: ACST is 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Australia

Countries using this time zone: Australia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ACST time zone is Darwin in Australia, with about 129,062 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Alice Springs, Palmerston.

ACST Time Zone Geo Map
ACST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) ended on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, October 5, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of October.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) starts on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

ACST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +0930 - basic
  • +09:30 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0930 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects ACST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Australia/Adelaide
  • Australia/Broken_Hill
  • Australia/Darwin
  • Australia/North
  • Australia/South
  • Australia/Yancowinna
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