SAST to Beijing Time Converter
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2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 18, 2026 = 8:00 pm20:00 CST (UTC+8), Oct 18, 2026
SAST is 6 hours behind Beijing.
How the time difference changes
SAST is 6 hours behind Beijing year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in SAST correspond to 3:00 pm to 12:00 am (next day) in Beijing.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in SAST correspond to 15:00 to 00:00 (next day) in Beijing.
Compare SAST time with Beijing 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 6 hours behind CST (China Standard Time).
2:00 pm14:00 in SAST is 8:00 pm20:00 in Beijing, China
SAST to Beijing call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in SAST which corresponds to 3pm-6pm15:00-18:00 in Beijing
2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 CST (China Standard Time) (Beijing, China). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 8:00 pm20:00 Beijing, China
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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
- +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