SAST to MST Converter
Mountain Time is on daylight saving time: MDT (UTC−6) until Sun, Nov 1.
Arizona stays on MST (UTC−7).
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2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 18, 2026 = 6:00 am06:00 MDT (UTC-6), Oct 18, 2026
SAST is 8 hours ahead of MDT.
SAST and MST examples
These examples always use SAST (UTC+2) and MST (UTC-7). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
SAST is 9 hours ahead of MST.
Most of Arizona stays on MST (UTC-7) all year. Places such as Denver use MDT (UTC-6) during daylight saving time, one hour later. For daylight-time examples, use SAST to MDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, SAST is 8 hours ahead of MDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, SAST is 9 hours ahead of MST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in SAST correspond to 1:00 am to 10:00 am in MDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in SAST correspond to 12:00 am to 9:00 am in MST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in SAST correspond to 01:00 to 10:00 in MDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in SAST correspond to 00:00 to 09:00 in MST.
Compare SAST time with MST 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 8 hours ahead of Mountain Daylight Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in SAST is 6:00 am06:00 in MDT
SAST to MDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in SAST which corresponds to 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in MDT
2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 6:00 am06:00 MDT
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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
Mountain Standard Time
Offset: MST is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the MST time zone is Phoenix in the United States, with about 1.65 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Ciudad Juárez, Hermosillo, Culiacán, Denver.
French: HNR - Heure Normale des Rocheuses
Spanish: MT - Zona Pacífico
Today the lighter areas are on UTC−6 (MDT).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).
End: Mountain Standard Time (MST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
Start: Mountain Standard Time (MST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
MST representations, usage and related time zones
- -07 - basic short
- -0700 - basic
- -07:00 - extended
- -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Tango - Military abbreviation for MST
- T - short form of 'Tango'
- America/Boise
- America/Cambridge_Bay
- America/Ciudad_Juarez
- America/Creston
- America/Dawson
- America/Dawson_Creek
- America/Denver
- America/Edmonton
- America/Fort_Nelson
- America/Hermosillo
- America/Inuvik
- America/Mazatlan
- America/Phoenix
- America/Shiprock
- America/Whitehorse
- America/Yellowknife
- Canada/Mountain
- Canada/Yukon
- MST
- MST7MDT
- Mexico/BajaSur
- Navajo
- US/Arizona
- US/Mountain
- MST - Mountain Standard Time
- PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
- YST - Yukon Standard Time
- T - Tango Time Zone