SAST to WET Converter
WET is NOT in use by many locations
WEST (Western European Summer Time) is used instead. Switch to WEST time zone or select one of the cities Lisbon, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto) for automatic timezone change.Time Difference
South Africa Standard Time is 2 hours ahead of Western European Time
4:30 pm16:30 in SAST is 2:30 pm14:30 in WET
SAST to WET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm in SAST which corresponds to 8am-4pm in WET
4:30 pm16:30 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
2:30 pm14:30 Western European Time (WET). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
4:30 pm16:30 SAST / 2:30 pm14:30 WET
SAST | WET |
---|---|
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 |
0:00 | 22:00 |
1:00 | 23:00 |
2:00 | 0:00 |
3:00 | 1:00 |
4:00 | 2:00 |
5:00 | 3:00 |
6:00 | 4:00 |
7:00 | 5:00 |
8:00 | 6:00 |
9:00 | 7:00 |
10:00 | 8:00 |
11:00 | 9:00 |
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: It is used in following countries: Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), South Africa
Principal Cities: The largest city in the SAST timezone is Cape Town from South Africa with population about 3.433 million people. Other major cities in the area are Durban, Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria
Daylight Saving: South Africa Standard Time (SAST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore SAST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, South Africa Standard Time remains the same
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 two hour and zero minutes time differences 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
Western European Time
Offset: WET is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries: It is used in following countries: Spain, Faroe Islands, Portugal
Principal Cities: The largest city in the WET timezone is Lisbon from Portugal with population about 517,802 people. Other major cities in the area are Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Amadora
German: WEZ - Westeuropäische Zeit
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone, however during summer some places switch clocks for one hour forward when daylight saving comes into effect and observe Western European Summer Time (WEST).
End: Western European Time (WET) has ended on Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 1:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 31, 2024, 2:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually the on last Sunday of March.
Start: Western European Time (WET) starts on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 27, 2024, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually the on last Sunday of October.
WET 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 zero hour and zero minutes time differences of the zero meridian.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for WET
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Atlantic/Canary
- Atlantic/Faeroe
- Atlantic/Faroe
- Atlantic/Madeira
- Europe/Lisbon
- Portugal
- WET
- 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