SAST to PDT Converter
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2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 14, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 14, 2026
SAST is 9 hours ahead of PDT.
SAST and PDT examples
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SAST is 9 hours ahead of PDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, SAST is 9 hours ahead of PDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, SAST is 10 hours ahead of PST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in SAST correspond to 12:00 am to 8:00 am in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in SAST correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 7:00 am in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in SAST correspond to 00:00 to 08:00 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in SAST correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 07:00 in PST.
Compare SAST time with PDT 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 9 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in SAST is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT
SAST to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in SAST which corresponds to 8am-9am08:00-09:00 in PDT. 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
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 5:00 am05:00 PDT
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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
- +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
Pacific Daylight Time
Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.
French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste
Today all shaded areas are on PDT.
Daylight Saving: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Pacific Standard Time (PST).
Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.
End: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.
PDT 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 PDT
- T - short form of 'Tango'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- MST - Mountain Standard Time
- PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
- YST - Yukon Standard Time
- T - Tango Time Zone