What is AEST in SAST?
South Africa Standard Time is 9 hours behind
Convert a time
SAST — South Africa Standard Time
12:00 pm
SAST, Fri
- Time in Sydney
- 9:00:58 PM
- Time in Johannesburg
- 12:00:58 PM
- Difference
- −9 h
- Next clock change
- April 4, 2027
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 – 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
Clocks go back one hour — 3:00 am becomes 2:00 am local time, and the zone is on AEST after that.
South Africa Standard Time
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, November 13, 2026, converted from Australian Eastern Time to South Africa Standard Time. 9 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Johannesburg, which is marked.
- 12:00 am AEDT
- 3:00 pm SAST−1 day
- 1:00 am AEDT
- 4:00 pm SAST−1 day
- 2:00 am AEDT
- 5:00 pm SAST−1 day
- 3:00 am AEDT
- 6:00 pm SAST−1 day
- 4:00 am AEDT
- 7:00 pm SAST−1 day
- 5:00 am AEDT
- 8:00 pm SAST−1 day
- 6:00 am AEDT
- 9:00 pm SAST−1 day
- 7:00 am AEDT
- 10:00 pm SAST−1 day
- 8:00 am AEDT
- 11:00 pm SAST−1 day
- 9:00 am AEDT
- 12:00 am SAST
- 10:00 am AEDT
- 1:00 am SAST
- 11:00 am AEDT
- 2:00 am SAST
- 12:00 pm AEDT
- 3:00 am SAST
- 1:00 pm AEDT
- 4:00 am SAST
- 2:00 pm AEDT
- 5:00 am SAST
- 3:00 pm AEDT
- 6:00 am SAST
- 4:00 pm AEDT
- 7:00 am SAST
- 5:00 pm AEDT
- 8:00 am SAST
- 6:00 pm AEDT
- 9:00 am SAST
- 7:00 pm AEDT
- 10:00 am SAST
- 8:00 pm AEDT
- 11:00 am SAST
- 9:00 pm AEDT
- 12:00 pm SAST
- 10:00 pm AEDT
- 1:00 pm SAST
- 11:00 pm AEDT
- 2:00 pm SAST
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Sydney and one in Johannesburg — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Sydney is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Johannesburg.
Australian Eastern Time (AEDT) is used in Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. Queensland stays on AEST all year while the southern states move to AEDT.
Other conversions
- SAST to AEST
- AEST to UTC
- AEST to GMT
- AEST to EST
- AEST to CST
- AEST to MST
- AEST to PST
- AEST to AKST
- AEST to HST
- AEST to BST
- AEST to CET
- AEST to IST
- AEST to CST (China)
- AEST to JST
- AEST to AST
- AEST to Mexico City
- AEST to BRT
- AEST to ART
- AEST to EET
- AEST to WET
- AEST to MSK
- AEST to TRT
- AEST to WAT
- AEST to EAT
- AEST to GST
- AEST to PKT
- AEST to ICT
- AEST to WIB
- AEST to SGT
- AEST to HKT
- AEST to KST
- AEST to PHT
- AEST to AWST
- AEST to ACST
- AEST to NZST
- All zones