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What is SAST in AWST?

Australian Western Standard Time is 6 hours ahead

South Africa Standard Time is on UTC+2:00 and Australian Western Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. That gap holds all year, because both zones change their clocks together.

Time in Johannesburg
2:04:08 PM
Time in Perth
8:04:08 PM
Difference
+6 h
Next clock change
Neither zone

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AWST — Australian Western Standard Time

8:00 pm

AWST, Fri

Daylight saving

South Africa Standard Time

No clock changes

South Africa Standard Time stays on SAST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

Australian Western Standard Time

No clock changes

Australian Western Standard Time stays on AWST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

SAST to AWST conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from South Africa Standard Time to Australian Western Standard Time. 6 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Perth, which is marked.

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm SAST, which is 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm AWST. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) is used in Western Australia, which does not observe daylight saving

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