SAST
South Africa Standard Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CAT
Central Africa Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

SAST and CAT use the same UTC offset for this comparison. SAST uses GMT +2, and CAT uses GMT +2 for this comparison.

For example, 2:00 pm SAST is 2:00 pm CAT. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 9am-5pm SAST, which is 9am-5pm CAT.

Compare SAST time with CAT 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 0 hours ahead of Central Africa Time
2:00 pm14:00 in SAST is 2:00 pm14:00 in CAT

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

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

2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 2:00 pm14:00 CAT

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12pm (noon)12pm (noon)
1pm1pm
2pm2pm
3pm3pm
4pm4pm
5pm5pm
6pm6pm
7pm7pm
8pm8pm
9pm9pm
10pm10pm
11pm11pm
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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

Central Africa Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Burundi, Botswana, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT time zone is Khartoum in Sudan, with about 1.975 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Harare, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Omdurman.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Central Africa Time (CAT) do not change for daylight saving time, so CAT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

CAT Time Zone Geo Map
CAT timezone map

CAT 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 CAT
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CAT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Blantyre
  • Africa/Bujumbura
  • Africa/Gaborone
  • Africa/Harare
  • Africa/Juba
  • Africa/Khartoum
  • Africa/Kigali
  • Africa/Lubumbashi
  • Africa/Lusaka
  • Africa/Maputo
  • Africa/Windhoek
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