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What is EAT in SAST?

South Africa Standard Time is 1 hour behind

East Africa Time is on UTC+3:00 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 Nairobi
3:04:06 PM
Time in Johannesburg
2:04:06 PM
Difference
−1 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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SAST — South Africa Standard Time

2:00 pm

SAST, Fri

Daylight saving

East Africa Time

No clock changes

East Africa Time stays on EAT 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.

EAT to SAST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from East Africa Time to South Africa Standard Time. 1 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Johannesburg, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

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

East Africa Time (EAT) is used in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia

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