What is EET in SAST?

South Africa Standard Time is 1 hour behind

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

Time in Athens: 3:52:55 PM
Time in Johannesburg: 2:52:55 PM
Difference: −1 h
Next clock change: October 25, 2026

Convert a time

EEST — Eastern European Time

SAST — South Africa Standard Time

2:00 pm

SAST, Fri

When the difference changes

Eastern European 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 25, 2026South Africa Standard Time is 1 hour behind
October 25, 2026 – March 28, 2027South Africa Standard Time is the same time
March 28, 2027 – onwardsSouth Africa Standard Time is 1 hour 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

Eastern European Time

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Clocks go back one hour — 4:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on EET 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.

EET to SAST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Eastern European 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 EEST: 11:00 pm SAST−1 day
1:00 am EEST: 12:00 am SAST
2:00 am EEST: 1:00 am SAST
3:00 am EEST: 2:00 am SAST
4:00 am EEST: 3:00 am SAST
5:00 am EEST: 4:00 am SAST
6:00 am EEST: 5:00 am SAST
7:00 am EEST: 6:00 am SAST
8:00 am EEST: 7:00 am SAST
9:00 am EEST: 8:00 am SAST
10:00 am EEST: 9:00 am SAST
11:00 am EEST: 10:00 am SAST

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

Scheduling between the two

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

Eastern European Time (EEST) is used in Helsinki, Bucharest, Kyiv and Cairo