What is SAST in AKST?
Alaska Time is 11 hours behind
Convert a time
AKST — Alaska Time
11:00 pm
AKST, Fri, the previous day
- Time in Johannesburg
- 10:30:36 AM
- Time in Anchorage
- 11:30:36 PM
- Difference
- −11 h
- Next clock change
- March 14, 2027
When the difference changes
South Africa Standard Time and Alaska 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, 2027Alaska Time is 11 hours behind
- March 14, 2027 – November 7, 2027Alaska Time is 10 hours behind
- November 7, 2027 – onwardsAlaska Time is 11 hours 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
South Africa Standard Time
South Africa Standard Time stays on SAST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
Alaska Time
Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on AKDT after that.
SAST to AKST conversion table
Every hour of Saturday, November 7, 2026, converted from South Africa Standard Time to Alaska Time. 11 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Anchorage, which is marked.
- 12:00 am SAST
- 1:00 pm AKST−1 day
- 1:00 am SAST
- 2:00 pm AKST−1 day
- 2:00 am SAST
- 3:00 pm AKST−1 day
- 3:00 am SAST
- 4:00 pm AKST−1 day
- 4:00 am SAST
- 5:00 pm AKST−1 day
- 5:00 am SAST
- 6:00 pm AKST−1 day
- 6:00 am SAST
- 7:00 pm AKST−1 day
- 7:00 am SAST
- 8:00 pm AKST−1 day
- 8:00 am SAST
- 9:00 pm AKST−1 day
- 9:00 am SAST
- 10:00 pm AKST−1 day
- 10:00 am SAST
- 11:00 pm AKST−1 day
- 11:00 am SAST
- 12:00 am AKST
- 12:00 pm SAST
- 1:00 am AKST
- 1:00 pm SAST
- 2:00 am AKST
- 2:00 pm SAST
- 3:00 am AKST
- 3:00 pm SAST
- 4:00 am AKST
- 4:00 pm SAST
- 5:00 am AKST
- 5:00 pm SAST
- 6:00 am AKST
- 6:00 pm SAST
- 7:00 am AKST
- 7:00 pm SAST
- 8:00 am AKST
- 8:00 pm SAST
- 9:00 am AKST
- 9:00 pm SAST
- 10:00 am AKST
- 10:00 pm SAST
- 11:00 am AKST
- 11:00 pm SAST
- 12:00 pm AKST
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Johannesburg and one in Anchorage — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Johannesburg is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Anchorage.
Other conversions
- AKST to SAST
- SAST to UTC
- SAST to GMT
- SAST to EST
- SAST to CST
- SAST to MST
- SAST to PST
- SAST to HST
- SAST to BST
- SAST to CET
- SAST to IST
- SAST to CST (China)
- SAST to JST
- SAST to AEST
- SAST to AST
- SAST to Mexico City
- SAST to BRT
- SAST to ART
- SAST to EET
- SAST to WET
- SAST to MSK
- SAST to TRT
- SAST to WAT
- SAST to EAT
- SAST to GST
- SAST to PKT
- SAST to ICT
- SAST to WIB
- SAST to SGT
- SAST to HKT
- SAST to KST
- SAST to PHT
- SAST to AWST
- SAST to ACST
- SAST to NZST
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