Cape Town to Los Angeles to EDT Time Converter
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2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 22, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 22, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 22, 2026
Cape Town is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Cape Town is 6 hours ahead of EDT.
How the time difference changes
Cape Town to Los Angeles
For most of the year, Cape Town is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Cape Town is 10 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Cape Town correspond to 12:00 am to 9:00 am in Los Angeles. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Cape Town correspond to 11:00 pm (previous day) to 8:00 am in Los Angeles.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Cape Town correspond to 00:00 to 09:00 in Los Angeles. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Cape Town correspond to 23:00 (previous day) to 08:00 in Los Angeles.
Cape Town to EDT
For most of the year, Cape Town is 6 hours ahead of EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, Cape Town is 7 hours ahead of EST.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Cape Town correspond to 3:00 am to 12:00 pm in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in Cape Town correspond to 2:00 am to 11:00 am in EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Cape Town correspond to 03:00 to 12:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in Cape Town correspond to 02:00 to 11:00 in EST.
Compare Cape Town time with Los Angeles and EDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
SAST (South Africa Standard Time) is 9 hours ahead of PDT (Pacific Daylight Time). SAST (South Africa Standard Time) is 6 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time.
2:00 pm14:00 in Cape Town, South Africa is 5:00 am05:00 in Los Angeles, CA, USA and is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT
Cape Town to Los Angeles call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5:30pm-6:30pm17:30-18:30 in Cape Town which corresponds to 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in Los Angeles. Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
Cape Town to EDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-6pm15:00-18:00 in Cape Town which corresponds to 9am-12pm09:00-12:00 in EDT
2:00 pm14:00 SAST (South Africa Standard Time) (Cape Town, South Africa). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Cape Town, South Africa / 5:00 am05:00 Los Angeles, CA, USA / 8:00 am08:00 EDT
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Cape Town Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
Cape Town Facts
Los Angeles Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
PST – Pacific Standard Time, UTC-8 (standard time)
Los Angeles Facts
Eastern Daylight Time
Offset: EDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EDT time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.
French: HAE - Heure Avancée de l'Est
Spanish: EDT - Tiempo de verano del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Daylight Saving: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Start: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.
End: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
EDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -04 - basic short
- -0400 - basic
- -04:00 - extended
- -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Quebec - Military abbreviation for EDT
- Q - short form of 'Quebec'
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST5EDT
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- AST - Atlantic Standard Time
- EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
- AMT - Amazon Time
- BOT - Bolivia Time
- CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
- CLT - Chile Standard Time
- GYT - Guyana Time
- HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
- Q - Quebec Time Zone
- VET - Venezuelan Standard Time
