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What is AWST in SAST?

South Africa Standard Time is 6 hours behind

Australian Western Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 and South Africa Standard Time is on UTC+2:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.

Time in Perth
8:04:10 PM
Time in Johannesburg
2:04:10 PM
Difference
−6 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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SAST — South Africa Standard Time

2:00 pm

SAST, Fri

Daylight saving

Australian Western Standard Time

No clock changes

Australian Western Standard Time stays on AWST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

South Africa Standard Time

No clock changes

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

AWST to SAST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Australian Western Standard Time to South Africa Standard Time. 6 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Johannesburg, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm AWST, which is 9:00 am to 12:00 pm SAST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) is used in Western Australia, which does not observe daylight saving

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