SAST
South Africa Standard Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Nigeria
WAT
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare SAST time with Lagos 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 1 hour ahead of WAT (West Africa Time)
2:00 pm14:00 in SAST is 1:00 pm13:00 in Lagos, Nigeria

SAST to Lagos call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm in SAST which corresponds to 9am-4pm in Lagos

2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 WAT (West Africa Time) (Lagos, Nigeria). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 1:00 pm13:00 Lagos, Nigeria

SASTLagos, Nigeria
12am (midnight)11pm
1am12am (midnight)
2am1am
3am2am
4am3am
5am4am
6am5am
7am6am
8am7am
9am8am
10am9am
11am10am
12pm (noon)11am
1pm12pm (noon)
2pm1pm
3pm2pm
4pm3pm
5pm4pm
6pm5pm
7pm6pm
8pm7pm
9pm8pm
10pm9pm
11pm10pm
00:0023:00
01:0000:00
02:0001:00
03:0002:00
04:0003:00
05:0004:00
06:0005:00
07:0006:00
08:0007:00
09:0008:00
10:0009:00
11:0010:00
12:0011:00
13:0012:00
14:0013:00
15:0014:00
16:0015:00
17:0016:00
18:0017:00
19:0018:00
20:0019:00
21:0020:00
22:0021:00
23:0022:00

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 Time Zone Geo Map
SAST timezone map

SAST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +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.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for SAST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects SAST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Johannesburg
  • Africa/Maseru
  • Africa/Mbabane
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • 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

Lagos Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
WAT - West Africa Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+1:00 hours during West Africa Time, currently in use.

Lagos Facts

Country
Nigeria
Alternative Names
Eko, LOS, Lacupolis, Lagas, Lagos, Lagos shaary, Lagosa, Lagosas, Lagoso, Laguosos, Laqos, Logos, la ge si, lageas, laghws, lagos, lagosa, lagoseu, lagosi, laguseu, lagws, lajws, lakos, legosa, lek xs, ragosu, Èkó, Λάγος, Лагас, Лагос, Лагос шаары, Лаґос, Լագոս, לאגאס, לאגוס, لاجوس, لاغوس, لاگوس, لاگۆس, लागोस, লেগোস, ਲਾਗੋਸ, લાગોસ, லாகோஸ், లాగోస్, ಲಾಗೊಸ್, ലാഗോസ്, เลกอส, လေးဂို့စ်မြို့, ლაგოსი, ሌጎስ, ラゴス, 拉哥斯, 라고스, 라구스
Population
9,000,000
Currency
Naira (NGN)
Geographic Coordinates
6° 27' N Latitude / 3° 23' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+234