SAST to EST to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Compare SAST time with EST and Addis Ababa 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 ahead of Eastern Standard Time and 1 hour behind EAT (Eastern Africa Time)
2:00 pm14:00 in SAST is 7:00 am07:00 in EST and is 3:00 pm15:00 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
SAST to EST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 4pm-5pm in SAST which corresponds to 9am-10am in EST
SAST to Addis Ababa call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm in SAST which corresponds to 10am-5pm in Addis Ababa
2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 EAT (Eastern Africa Time) (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 7:00 am07:00 EST / 3:00 pm15:00 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
| SAST | EST | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 5pm | 1am |
| 1am | 6pm | 2am |
| 2am | 7pm | 3am |
| 3am | 8pm | 4am |
| 4am | 9pm | 5am |
| 5am | 10pm | 6am |
| 6am | 11pm | 7am |
| 7am | 12am (midnight) | 8am |
| 8am | 1am | 9am |
| 9am | 2am | 10am |
| 10am | 3am | 11am |
| 11am | 4am | 12pm (noon) |
| 12pm (noon) | 5am | 1pm |
| 1pm | 6am | 2pm |
| 2pm | 7am | 3pm |
| 3pm | 8am | 4pm |
| 4pm | 9am | 5pm |
| 5pm | 10am | 6pm |
| 6pm | 11am | 7pm |
| 7pm | 12pm (noon) | 8pm |
| 8pm | 1pm | 9pm |
| 9pm | 2pm | 10pm |
| 10pm | 3pm | 11pm |
| 11pm | 4pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 00:00 | 17:00 | 01:00 |
| 01:00 | 18:00 | 02:00 |
| 02:00 | 19:00 | 03:00 |
| 03:00 | 20:00 | 04:00 |
| 04:00 | 21:00 | 05:00 |
| 05:00 | 22:00 | 06:00 |
| 06:00 | 23:00 | 07:00 |
| 07:00 | 00:00 | 08:00 |
| 08:00 | 01:00 | 09:00 |
| 09:00 | 02:00 | 10:00 |
| 10:00 | 03:00 | 11:00 |
| 11:00 | 04:00 | 12:00 |
| 12:00 | 05:00 | 13:00 |
| 13:00 | 06:00 | 14:00 |
| 14:00 | 07:00 | 15:00 |
| 15:00 | 08:00 | 16:00 |
| 16:00 | 09:00 | 17:00 |
| 17:00 | 10:00 | 18:00 |
| 18:00 | 11:00 | 19:00 |
| 19:00 | 12:00 | 20:00 |
| 20:00 | 13:00 | 21:00 |
| 21:00 | 14:00 | 22:00 |
| 22:00 | 15:00 | 23:00 |
| 23:00 | 16:00 | 00:00 |
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 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 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 Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Turks & Caicos Is, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.175 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montreal, Brooklyn, Borough of Queens.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- 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/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone