SAST
South Africa Standard Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Sri Lanka
IST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare SAST time with Colombo 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 3 hours and 30 minutes behind IST (India Standard Time)
2:00 pm14:00 in SAST is 5:30 pm17:30 in Colombo, Sri Lanka

SAST to Colombo call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1:30pm in SAST which corresponds to 12:30pm-5pm in Colombo

2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 IST (India Standard Time) (Colombo, Sri Lanka). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 5:30 pm17:30 Colombo, Sri Lanka

SASTColombo, Sri Lanka
12am (midnight)3:30 am
1am4:30 am
2am5:30 am
3am6:30 am
4am7:30 am
5am8:30 am
6am9:30 am
7am10:30 am
8am11:30 am
9am12:30 pm
10am1:30 pm
11am2:30 pm
12pm (noon)3:30 pm
1pm4:30 pm
2pm5:30 pm
3pm6:30 pm
4pm7:30 pm
5pm8:30 pm
6pm9:30 pm
7pm10:30 pm
8pm11:30 pm
9pm12:30 am
10pm1:30 am
11pm2:30 am
00:0003:30
01:0004:30
02:0005:30
03:0006:30
04:0007:30
05:0008:30
06:0009:30
07:0010:30
08:0011:30
09:0012:30
10:0013:30
11:0014:30
12:0015:30
13:0016:30
14:0017:30
15:0018:30
16:0019:30
17:0020:30
18:0021:30
19:0022:30
20:0023:30
21:0000:30
22:0001:30
23:0002:30

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

Colombo Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
IST - India Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+5:30 hours during India Standard Time, currently in use.

Colombo Facts

Country
Sri Lanka
Alternative Names
CMB, Colombo, Columbo, Columbum, Kalomba, Kolombas, Kolombo, Kolompo, Kolonbo, ge lin bao, kalambo, kalombo, ke lun po, kealambea, kholambo, klmbw, kolabo, kolambo, kollombo, kolumpu, kolunbu, koronbo, kwlmbw, kwlwmbw, qwlwmbw, Κολόμπο, Каломба, Коломбо, Կոլոմբո, קולומבו, كولمبو, كولومبو, کلمبو, کولمبو, ކޮޅުނބު, कोलंबो, कोलम्बो, কলম্বো, ਕੋਲੰਬੋ, કોલંબો, କଲୋମ୍ବୋ, கொழும்பு, కొలంబో, ಕೊಲಂಬೊ, കൊളംബോ, කොළඹ, ෙකාළඹ, โคลัมโบ, ཁོ་ལུམ་པོ།, ကိုလံဘိုမြို့, კოლომბო, ኮሎምቦ, コロンボ, 可倫坡, 哥林堡, 콜롬보
Population
648,034
Currency
Rupee (LKR)
Geographic Coordinates
6° 56' N Latitude / 79° 50' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+94