What is AEST in SAST?

South Africa Standard Time is 8 hours behind

Australian Eastern Time is on UTC+10:00 and South Africa Standard Time is on UTC+2:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Sydney: 10:53:12 PM
Time in Johannesburg: 2:53:12 PM
Difference: −8 h
Next clock change: October 4, 2026

Convert a time

AEST — Australian Eastern Time

SAST — South Africa Standard Time

2:00 pm

SAST, Fri

When the difference changes

Australian Eastern Time and South Africa Standard Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:

Now – October 4, 2026South Africa Standard Time is 8 hours behind
October 4, 2026 – April 4, 2027South Africa Standard Time is 9 hours behind
April 4, 2027 – October 3, 2027South Africa Standard Time is 8 hours behind
October 3, 2027 – onwardsSouth Africa Standard Time is 9 hours behind

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Australian Eastern Time

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on AEDT after that.

South Africa Standard Time

No clock changes

South Africa Standard Time stays on SAST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

AEST to SAST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Australian Eastern Time to South Africa Standard Time. 8 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Johannesburg, which is marked.

12:00 am AEST: 4:00 pm SAST−1 day
1:00 am AEST: 5:00 pm SAST−1 day
2:00 am AEST: 6:00 pm SAST−1 day
3:00 am AEST: 7:00 pm SAST−1 day
4:00 am AEST: 8:00 pm SAST−1 day
5:00 am AEST: 9:00 pm SAST−1 day
6:00 am AEST: 10:00 pm SAST−1 day
7:00 am AEST: 11:00 pm SAST−1 day
8:00 am AEST: 12:00 am SAST
9:00 am AEST: 1:00 am SAST
10:00 am AEST: 2:00 am SAST
11:00 am AEST: 3:00 am SAST

12:00 pm AEST: 4:00 am SAST
1:00 pm AEST: 5:00 am SAST
2:00 pm AEST: 6:00 am SAST
3:00 pm AEST: 7:00 am SAST
4:00 pm AEST: 8:00 am SAST
5:00 pm AEST: 9:00 am SAST
6:00 pm AEST: 10:00 am SAST
7:00 pm AEST: 11:00 am SAST
8:00 pm AEST: 12:00 pm SAST
9:00 pm AEST: 1:00 pm SAST
10:00 pm AEST: 2:00 pm SAST
11:00 pm AEST: 3:00 pm SAST

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm AEST, which is 9:00 am to 10:00 am SAST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Australian Eastern Time (AEST) is used in Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. Queensland stays on AEST all year while the southern states move to AEDT.