What is AST in SAST?

South Africa Standard Time is 5 hours ahead

Atlantic Time is on UTC−3:00 and South Africa Standard Time is on UTC+2:00 right now. Atlantic Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read ADT. The gap changes during the year — see below.

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When the difference changes

1. Now – November 1, 2026South Africa Standard Time is 5 hours ahead
2. November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027South Africa Standard Time is 6 hours ahead
3. March 14, 2027 – onwardsSouth Africa Standard Time is 5 hours ahead

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

AST to SAST conversion table

Scheduling between the two

Other conversions

• SAST to AST
• AST to UTC
• AST to GMT
• AST to EST
• AST to CST
• AST to MST
• AST to PST
• AST to AKST
• AST to HST
• AST to BST
• AST to CET
• AST to IST
• AST to CST (China)
• AST to JST
• AST to AEST
• AST to Mexico City
• AST to BRT
• AST to ART
• AST to EET
• AST to WET
• AST to MSK
• AST to TRT
• AST to WAT
• AST to EAT
• AST to GST
• AST to PKT
• AST to ICT
• AST to WIB
• AST to SGT
• AST to HKT
• AST to KST
• AST to PHT
• AST to AWST
• AST to ACST
• AST to NZST
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