South Africa Standard Time

Commonly abbreviated SAST — shown here for reference only; this site always uses the IANA identifier Africa/Johannesburg as the source of truth.

09:26:00

Sunday, November 8, 2026 · UTC+02:00

This zone does not observe daylight saving time.

Understand this time zone

How Time Zones Work (and Why They’re Not Always a Whole Hour Apart)Time zones roughly follow 15° slices of longitude, but political borders bend that pattern — including a few zones offset by 30 or 45 minutes.

Cities in this time zone

South Africa Standard Time compared with other time zones

Current local time in major time zones, alongside South Africa Standard Time
Time zone	Time now	Difference
Coordinated Universal Time	07:26	2 hours behind
Greenwich Mean Time	07:26	2 hours behind
Indochina Time	14:26	5 hours ahead
India Standard Time	12:56	3h 30m ahead
Japan Standard Time	16:26	7 hours ahead
Korea Standard Time	16:26	7 hours ahead
Singapore Time	15:26	6 hours ahead
China Standard Time	15:26	6 hours ahead

Used in: South Africa.