Convert EEST to SAST
SAST is 1 hour behind EEST. EEST is UTC+3 and SAST is UTC+2.
Right now: EEST · SAST
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 7 hours: 10:00 AM–5:00 PM EEST (9:00 AM–4:00 PM SAST). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| EEST | SAST | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 8:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 10:00 AM | 9:00 AM | working hours |
| 11:00 AM | 10:00 AM | working hours |
| 12:00 PM | 11:00 AM | working hours |
| 1:00 PM | 12:00 PM | working hours |
| 2:00 PM | 1:00 PM | working hours |
| 3:00 PM | 2:00 PM | working hours |
| 4:00 PM | 3:00 PM | working hours |
| 5:00 PM | 4:00 PM | working hours |
EEST to SAST conversion table
| EEST | SAST |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 11:00 PM (previous day) |
| 1:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 2:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 4:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 8:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 2:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
About EEST
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is UTC+3. It is used in Athens, Helsinki and Kyiv in summer.
Eastern European Summer Time is UTC+3, the summer clock for Greece, Finland, Romania, Bulgaria and the Baltics. In summer it coincides with Moscow Time, which does not move — so Helsinki and Moscow agree for half the year and differ by an hour for the other half, without Moscow having changed anything.
About SAST
South Africa Standard Time (SAST) is UTC+2. It is used in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini.
South Africa Standard Time is UTC+2 with no daylight saving, unchanged since 1903 apart from two wartime years. The whole country keeps it, and so do Lesotho and Eswatini. Against the UK it is two hours ahead in winter and one in summer, which is the shift that catches London–Johannesburg standing calls every March and October.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
This gap is seasonal. The abbreviations themselves are fixed offsets, but the region on EEST switches to EET (UTC+2) from late October to late March. So the 1-hour figure on this page is correct for the part of the year when both places are actually on these abbreviations, and changes by an hour outside it.
SAST does not shift, so the whole change comes from one side. A recurring meeting fixed in SAST will appear to move by an hour for everyone on the other side, twice a year, without anyone changing anything.
This is the reason scheduling systems store an IANA zone such as Region/City rather than an offset or an abbreviation: the zone knows its own rules and the offset does not.
Frequently asked questions
What time is 9:00 AM EEST in SAST?
9:00 AM EEST is 8:00 AM SAST.
Is SAST ahead of EEST?
SAST is 1 hour behind EEST.
Which time zone does this use?
EEST is UTC+3 and SAST is UTC+2. Both abbreviations denote a single fixed offset, so this conversion never shifts with daylight saving — what changes is which abbreviation a place is using at the time.