SAST to KST Converter
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2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 18, 2026 = 9:00 pm21:00 KST (UTC+9), Oct 18, 2026
SAST is 7 hours behind KST.
SAST and KST examples
These examples always use SAST (UTC+2) and KST (UTC+9). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
SAST is 7 hours behind KST.
How the time difference changes
SAST is 7 hours behind KST year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in SAST correspond to 4:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in KST.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in SAST correspond to 16:00 to 01:00 (next day) in KST.
Compare SAST time with KST 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 behind Korea Standard Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in SAST is 9:00 pm21:00 in KST
SAST to KST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-11am09:00-11:00 in SAST which corresponds to 4pm-6pm16:00-18:00 in KST
2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
9:00 pm21:00 Korea Standard Time (KST). Offset UTC +9:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 9:00 pm21:00 KST
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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
Korea Standard Time
Offset: KST is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: North Korea, South Korea
Principal Cities: The largest city in the KST time zone is Seoul in South Korea, with about 10.349 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Busan, Pyongyang, Incheon, Daegu.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Korea Standard Time (KST) do not change for daylight saving time, so KST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
KST representations, usage and related time zones
- +09 - basic short
- +0900 - basic
- +09:00 - extended
- +0900 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (09) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of nine hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- India - Military abbreviation for KST
- I - short form of 'India'
- Asia/Pyongyang
- Asia/Seoul
- ROK
- Korea Standard Time - UTC +9
- Pyongyang Time - UTC +8:30
- AWDT - Australian Western Daylight Time
- CHOST - Choibalsan Summer Time
- I - India Time Zone
- IRKST - Irkutsk Summer Time
- JST - Japan Standard Time
- KST - Korea Standard Time
- PWT - Palau Time
- TLT - East Timor Time
- ULAST - Ulaanbaatar Summer Time
- WIT - Eastern Indonesian Time
- YAKT - Yakutsk Time