What is GMT in SAST?
South Africa Standard Time is 2 hours ahead
Greenwich Mean Time is on UTC+0:00 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 Greenwich
- 3:48 am
- Time in Johannesburg
- 5:48 am
- Difference
- +2 h
- Next clock change
- Neither zone
Convert a time
SAST — South Africa Standard Time
5:00 am
Wed
Daylight saving
Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time stays on GMT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
South Africa Standard Time
South Africa Standard Time stays on SAST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
GMT to SAST conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from Greenwich Mean Time to South Africa Standard Time. 2 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Johannesburg, which is marked.
- 12:00 am GMT
- 2:00 am SAST
- 1:00 am GMT
- 3:00 am SAST
- 2:00 am GMT
- 4:00 am SAST
- 3:00 am GMT
- 5:00 am SAST
- 4:00 am GMT
- 6:00 am SAST
- 5:00 am GMT
- 7:00 am SAST
- 6:00 am GMT
- 8:00 am SAST
- 7:00 am GMT
- 9:00 am SAST
- 8:00 am GMT
- 10:00 am SAST
- 9:00 am GMT
- 11:00 am SAST
- 10:00 am GMT
- 12:00 pm SAST
- 11:00 am GMT
- 1:00 pm SAST
- 12:00 pm GMT
- 2:00 pm SAST
- 1:00 pm GMT
- 3:00 pm SAST
- 2:00 pm GMT
- 4:00 pm SAST
- 3:00 pm GMT
- 5:00 pm SAST
- 4:00 pm GMT
- 6:00 pm SAST
- 5:00 pm GMT
- 7:00 pm SAST
- 6:00 pm GMT
- 8:00 pm SAST
- 7:00 pm GMT
- 9:00 pm SAST
- 8:00 pm GMT
- 10:00 pm SAST
- 9:00 pm GMT
- 11:00 pm SAST
- 10:00 pm GMT
- 12:00 am SAST+1 day
- 11:00 pm GMT
- 1:00 am SAST+1 day
Scheduling between the two
Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm GMT, which is 11:00 am to 6:00 pm SAST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is used in as a fixed UTC+0 offset. Note that the UK itself leaves GMT every summer — see British Time below.