SAST to UTC Converter
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SAST and UTC examples
These examples always use SAST (UTC+2) and UTC (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
SAST is 2 hours ahead of UTC.
How the time difference changes
SAST is 2 hours ahead of UTC year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in SAST correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in UTC.
Compare SAST time with UTC 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 2 hours ahead of Universal Time Coordinated
2:00 pm14:00 in SAST is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC
SAST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-5pm in SAST which corresponds to 9am-3pm in UTC
2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC
| SAST | UTC |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 10pm |
| 1am | 11pm |
| 2am | 12am (midnight) |
| 3am | 1am |
| 4am | 2am |
| 5am | 3am |
| 6am | 4am |
| 7am | 5am |
| 8am | 6am |
| 9am | 7am |
| 10am | 8am |
| 11am | 9am |
| 12pm (noon) | 10am |
| 1pm | 11am |
| 2pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 3pm | 1pm |
| 4pm | 2pm |
| 5pm | 3pm |
| 6pm | 4pm |
| 7pm | 5pm |
| 8pm | 6pm |
| 9pm | 7pm |
| 10pm | 8pm |
| 11pm | 9pm |
| 00:00 | 22:00 |
| 01:00 | 23:00 |
| 02:00 | 00:00 |
| 03:00 | 01:00 |
| 04:00 | 02:00 |
| 05:00 | 03:00 |
| 06:00 | 04:00 |
| 07:00 | 05:00 |
| 08:00 | 06:00 |
| 09:00 | 07:00 |
| 10:00 | 08:00 |
| 11:00 | 09:00 |
| 12:00 | 10:00 |
| 13:00 | 11:00 |
| 14:00 | 12:00 |
| 15:00 | 13:00 |
| 16:00 | 14:00 |
| 17:00 | 15:00 |
| 18:00 | 16:00 |
| 19:00 | 17:00 |
| 20:00 | 18:00 |
| 21:00 | 19:00 |
| 22:00 | 20:00 |
| 23:00 | 21:00 |
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 Johannesburg in South Africa, with about 9.418 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Soweto.
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 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
Universal Time Coordinated
Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.
UTC representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone