SAST
South Africa Standard Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Venezuela
VET
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare SAST time with Caracas 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 6 hours ahead of VET (Venezuelan Standard Time)
2:00 pm14:00 in SAST is 8:00 am08:00 in Caracas, Venezuela

SAST to Caracas call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-5pm in SAST which corresponds to 9am-11am in Caracas

2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 VET (Venezuelan Standard Time) (Caracas, Venezuela). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

2:00 pm14:00 SAST / 8:00 am08:00 Caracas, Venezuela

SASTCaracas, Venezuela
12am (midnight)6pm
1am7pm
2am8pm
3am9pm
4am10pm
5am11pm
6am12am (midnight)
7am1am
8am2am
9am3am
10am4am
11am5am
12pm (noon)6am
1pm7am
2pm8am
3pm9am
4pm10am
5pm11am
6pm12pm (noon)
7pm1pm
8pm2pm
9pm3pm
10pm4pm
11pm5pm
00:0018:00
01:0019:00
02:0020:00
03:0021:00
04:0022:00
05:0023:00
06:0000:00
07:0001:00
08:0002:00
09:0003:00
10:0004:00
11:0005:00
12:0006:00
13:0007:00
14:0008:00
15:0009:00
16:0010:00
17:0011:00
18:0012:00
19:0013:00
20:0014:00
21:0015:00
22:0016:00
23:0017:00

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

Caracas Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
VET - Venezuelan Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-4:00 hours during Venezuelan Standard Time, currently in use.

Caracas Facts

Country
Venezuela
Alternative Names
CCS, Caracae, Caracas, Caraques, Karakas, Karakasa, Karakasas, Karakaso, ka la ka si, ka raka s, kalakaseu, karakas, karakasa, karakasu, karakkas, kraks, Καράκας, Каракас, Կարակաս, קאראקאס, קראקס, كاراكاس, کاراکاس, کراکس, काराकास, কারাকাস, ਕਾਰਾਕਾਸ, કારાકાસ, କାରାକାସ, கரகஸ், ಕರಾಕಸ್, കാരക്കാസ്, การากัส, ཁ་ར་ཁ་སི, ကရာကက်စ်မြို့, კარაკასი, ካራካስ, カラカス, 卡拉卡斯, 카라카스
Population
3,000,000
Currency
Bolivar Soberano (VES)
Geographic Coordinates
10° 29' N Latitude / 66° 52' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+58