SAST to EDT Converter
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4:33 pm SAST (UTC+2), May 27, 2020 = 10:33 am EDT (UTC-4), May 27, 2020
SAST is 6 hours ahead of EDT.
SAST and EDT examples
These examples always use SAST (UTC+2) and EDT (UTC-4). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
SAST is 6 hours ahead of EDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, SAST is 6 hours ahead of EDT. At other times of the year, SAST is 7 hours ahead of EST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in SAST correspond to 3:00 am to 11:00 am in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in SAST correspond to 2:00 am to 10:00 am in EST.
Compare SAST time with EDT 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 ahead of Eastern Daylight Time
4:33 pm16:33 in SAST is 10:33 am10:33 in EDT
SAST to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-5pm in SAST which corresponds to 9am-11am in EDT
4:33 pm16:33 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
10:33 am10:33 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
4:33 pm16:33 SAST / 10:33 am10:33 EDT
| SAST | EDT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 6pm |
| 1am | 7pm |
| 2am | 8pm |
| 3am | 9pm |
| 4am | 10pm |
| 5am | 11pm |
| 6am | 12am (midnight) |
| 7am | 1am |
| 8am | 2am |
| 9am | 3am |
| 10am | 4am |
| 11am | 5am |
| 12pm (noon) | 6am |
| 1pm | 7am |
| 2pm | 8am |
| 3pm | 9am |
| 4pm | 10am |
| 5pm | 11am |
| 6pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 7pm | 1pm |
| 8pm | 2pm |
| 9pm | 3pm |
| 10pm | 4pm |
| 11pm | 5pm |
| 00:00 | 18:00 |
| 01:00 | 19:00 |
| 02:00 | 20:00 |
| 03:00 | 21:00 |
| 04:00 | 22:00 |
| 05:00 | 23:00 |
| 06:00 | 00:00 |
| 07:00 | 01:00 |
| 08:00 | 02:00 |
| 09:00 | 03:00 |
| 10:00 | 04:00 |
| 11:00 | 05:00 |
| 12:00 | 06:00 |
| 13:00 | 07:00 |
| 14:00 | 08:00 |
| 15:00 | 09:00 |
| 16:00 | 10:00 |
| 17:00 | 11:00 |
| 18:00 | 12:00 |
| 19:00 | 13:00 |
| 20:00 | 14:00 |
| 21:00 | 15:00 |
| 22:00 | 16:00 |
| 23:00 | 17:00 |
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 Johannesburg in South Africa, with about 9.418 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Soweto.
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 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
Eastern Daylight Time
Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Montreal.
French: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est
Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Start: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2020, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March
End: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2020, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November
EDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -04 - basic short
- -0400 - basic
- -04:00 - extended
- -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
- Q - short form of 'Quebec'
- 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/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST5EDT
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- AST - Atlantic Standard Time
- EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
- AMT - Amazon Time
- BOT - Bolivia Time
- CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
- CLT - Chile Standard Time
- FKT - Falkland Island Time
- GYT - Guyana Time
- HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
- PYT - Paraguay Time
- Q - Quebec Time Zone
- VET - Venezuelan Standard Time