What is PST in SAST?
South Africa Standard Time is 10 hours ahead
Convert a time
SAST — South Africa Standard Time
10:00 am
SAST, Sat
- Time in Los Angeles
- 12:30:00 AM
- Time in Johannesburg
- 10:30:00 AM
- Difference
- +10 h
- Next clock change
- March 14, 2027
When the difference changes
Pacific 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 – March 14, 2027South Africa Standard Time is 10 hours ahead
- March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027South Africa Standard Time is 9 hours ahead
- November 7, 2027 – onwardsSouth Africa Standard Time is 10 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
Pacific Time
Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on PDT after that.
South Africa Standard Time
South Africa Standard Time stays on SAST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
PST to SAST conversion table
Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from Pacific Time to South Africa Standard Time. 10 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Johannesburg, which is marked.
- 12:00 am PST
- 10:00 am SAST
- 1:00 am PST
- 11:00 am SAST
- 2:00 am PST
- 12:00 pm SAST
- 3:00 am PST
- 1:00 pm SAST
- 4:00 am PST
- 2:00 pm SAST
- 5:00 am PST
- 3:00 pm SAST
- 6:00 am PST
- 4:00 pm SAST
- 7:00 am PST
- 5:00 pm SAST
- 8:00 am PST
- 6:00 pm SAST
- 9:00 am PST
- 7:00 pm SAST
- 10:00 am PST
- 8:00 pm SAST
- 11:00 am PST
- 9:00 pm SAST
- 12:00 pm PST
- 10:00 pm SAST
- 1:00 pm PST
- 11:00 pm SAST
- 2:00 pm PST
- 12:00 am SAST+1 day
- 3:00 pm PST
- 1:00 am SAST+1 day
- 4:00 pm PST
- 2:00 am SAST+1 day
- 5:00 pm PST
- 3:00 am SAST+1 day
- 6:00 pm PST
- 4:00 am SAST+1 day
- 7:00 pm PST
- 5:00 am SAST+1 day
- 8:00 pm PST
- 6:00 am SAST+1 day
- 9:00 pm PST
- 7:00 am SAST+1 day
- 10:00 pm PST
- 8:00 am SAST+1 day
- 11:00 pm PST
- 9:00 am SAST+1 day
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Los Angeles and one in Johannesburg — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Los Angeles is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Johannesburg.
Pacific Time (PST) is used in San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas and Vancouver
Other conversions
- SAST to PST
- PST to UTC
- PST to GMT
- PST to EST
- PST to CST
- PST to MST
- PST to AKST
- PST to HST
- PST to BST
- PST to CET
- PST to IST
- PST to CST (China)
- PST to JST
- PST to AEST
- PST to AST
- PST to Mexico City
- PST to BRT
- PST to ART
- PST to EET
- PST to WET
- PST to MSK
- PST to TRT
- PST to WAT
- PST to EAT
- PST to GST
- PST to PKT
- PST to ICT
- PST to WIB
- PST to SGT
- PST to HKT
- PST to KST
- PST to PHT
- PST to AWST
- PST to ACST
- PST to NZST
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