SAST
South Africa Standard Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Qatar
AST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare SAST time with Doha 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 behind AST (Arabia Standard Time)
2:00 pm14:00 in SAST is 3:00 pm15:00 in Doha, Qatar

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

2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
3:00 pm15:00 AST (Arabia Standard Time) (Doha, Qatar). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 3:00 pm15:00 Doha, Qatar

SASTDoha, Qatar
12am (midnight)1am
1am2am
2am3am
3am4am
4am5am
5am6am
6am7am
7am8am
8am9am
9am10am
10am11am
11am12pm (noon)
12pm (noon)1pm
1pm2pm
2pm3pm
3pm4pm
4pm5pm
5pm6pm
6pm7pm
7pm8pm
8pm9pm
9pm10pm
10pm11pm
11pm12am (midnight)
00:0001:00
01:0002:00
02:0003:00
03:0004:00
04:0005:00
05:0006:00
06:0007:00
07:0008:00
08:0009:00
09:0010:00
10:0011:00
11:0012:00
12:0013:00
13:0014:00
14:0015:00
15:0016:00
16:0017:00
17:0018:00
18:0019:00
19:0020:00
20:0021:00
21:0022:00
22:0023:00
23:0000:00

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

Doha Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
AST - Arabia Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+3:00 hours during Arabia Standard Time, currently in use.

Doha Facts

Country
Qatar
Alternative Names
Ad Dawha, Ad Dawhah, Ad Dawḩa, Ad Dawḩah, Ad Doha, Ad Dowhah, Ad-Dauha, Ad-Dawhah, Ad-Dawḩah, DOH, Daeuha, Dauha, Dauhá, Dawha, Dawhat al Qatar, Dawḥa, Dawḩat al Qaţar, Dewhe, Do'ha, Doh, Doha, Doho, Dokha, Dokhae, Dokho, Dooxa, Doʻha, Doḥa, Duoha, Däuha, Ntocha, aaldawhat, aldwhh, aldwht, deaha, do ha, doha, dohara, duo ha, dwhh, toka, Ντόχα, Дохæ, Доха, Дохо, Доҳа, Доһа, Դոհա, דאכא, דוחא, דוחה, الدوحة, الدوحه, اَلدَّوْحَة, دوحه, دوحہ, دوحە, دوھا, دەوحە, दोहा, দোহা, দোহার, ਦੋਹਾ, தோகா, ದೊಹಾ, ദോഹ, โดฮา, དྷོ་ཧ།, ဒိုဟာမြို့, დოჰა, ዶሃ, ドーハ, 多哈, 도하
Population
344,939
Currency
Rial (QAR)
Geographic Coordinates
25° 17' N Latitude / 51° 31' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+974