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UTC to SAST: convert Coordinated Universal Time to South Africa Standard Time

SAST is 2 hours ahead of UTC all year.

Neither clock changes for daylight saving, so the gap never moves.

One instant, two local clocks

Drag one day across both zones

Shared instant12:00 UTC
Difference nowSAST is 2 hours ahead
UTCCoordinated Universal Time
12:00Thu, Jan 15
SASTSouth Africa Standard Time
14:00Thu, Jan 15
Approximate daylight 09:00 to 17:00 Selected local time

Both lanes show the same instant. Local dates, daylight, and offsets come from each IANA zone on the selected date, so daylight saving changes are included.

Right now

UTC: Coordinated Universal Time

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SAST: South Africa Standard Time

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Local times come from your browser's IANA time zone data.

UTC to SAST hour by hour

UTCSAST
12:00 AM2:00 AM
1:00 AM3:00 AM
2:00 AM4:00 AM
3:00 AM5:00 AM
4:00 AM6:00 AM
5:00 AM7:00 AM
6:00 AM8:00 AM
7:00 AM9:00 AM
8:00 AM10:00 AM
9:00 AM11:00 AM
10:00 AM12:00 PM
11:00 AM1:00 PM
12:00 PM2:00 PM
1:00 PM3:00 PM
2:00 PM4:00 PM
3:00 PM5:00 PM
4:00 PM6:00 PM
5:00 PM7:00 PM
6:00 PM8:00 PM
7:00 PM9:00 PM
8:00 PM10:00 PM
9:00 PM11:00 PM
10:00 PM12:00 AM (next day)
11:00 PM1:00 AM (next day)

Scheduling a call between UTC and SAST

Standard business hours (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM) overlap from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM in UTC, which is 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM in SAST.

SAST to UTC (reverse)Open the full converter

More UTC conversions

Offsets are computed from the IANA time zone database for January 15 and July 15 of the current year. UTC here means Coordinated Universal Time (the world time standard); SAST means South Africa Standard Time (South Africa).