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2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 12, 2026 = 1:00 am01:00 NZDT (UTC+13), Oct 13, 2026

SAST is 11 hours behind NZDT.

SAST and NZDT examples

These examples always use SAST (UTC+2) and NZDT (UTC+13). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

SAST is 11 hours behind NZDT.

How the time difference changes

Depending on seasonal clock changes, SAST is 10 hours behind NZST or SAST is 11 hours behind NZDT.

Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in SAST correspond to 7:00 pm to 3:00 am (next day) in NZST or working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in SAST correspond to 8:00 pm to 4:00 am (next day) in NZDT.Depending on seasonal clock changes, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in SAST correspond to 19:00 to 03:00 (next day) in NZST or working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in SAST correspond to 20:00 to 04:00 (next day) in NZDT.

Compare SAST time with NZDT 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 11 hours behind New Zealand Daylight Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in SAST is 1:00 am01:00 in NZDT

SAST to NZDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7am-8am07:00-08:00 in SAST which corresponds to 6pm-7pm18:00-19:00 in NZDT. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
1:00 am01:00 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT). Offset UTC +13:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 1:00 am01:00 NZDT

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South Africa Standard Time

Offset: SAST is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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, 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

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

New Zealand Daylight Time

Offset: NZDT is 13 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, New Zealand

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NZDT time zone is Auckland in New Zealand, with about 1.547 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga.

Map of the areas on New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT)
NZDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on NZDT.

Daylight Saving: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe New Zealand Standard Time (NZST).

123456789101112Start: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) started on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, September 27, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of September.

123456789101112End: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) ends on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 3:00 am03:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, April 4, 2027, 2:00 am02:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of April.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

NZDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +13 - basic short
  • +1300 - basic
  • +13:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (13) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of thirteen hours to the east of the zero meridian.
IANA/Olson: Reflects NZDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Antarctica/McMurdo
  • Antarctica/South_Pole
  • NZ
  • Pacific/Auckland
Time zones with the GMT +13 offset:
  • FJST - Fiji Summer Time
  • NZDT - New Zealand Daylight Time
  • PHOT - Phoenix Island Time
  • TKT - Tokelau Time
  • TOT - Tonga Time
  • WST - West Samoa Time
  • WSST - West Samoa Standard Time