Convert PDT to SAST
SAST is 9 hours ahead of PDT. PDT is UTC−7 and SAST is UTC+2.
Right now: PDT · SAST
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours do not overlap at all between PDT and SAST. Someone has to take an early or late call — or use asynchronous communication instead.
| PDT | SAST | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 6:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 10:00 AM | 7:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 11:00 AM | 8:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 12:00 PM | 9:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 1:00 PM | 10:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 2:00 PM | 11:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 3:00 PM | 12:00 AM (next day) | outside 9–5 |
| 4:00 PM | 1:00 AM (next day) | outside 9–5 |
| 5:00 PM | 2:00 AM (next day) | outside 9–5 |
PDT to SAST conversion table
| PDT | SAST |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 1:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 2:00 AM | 11:00 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 12:00 PM |
| 4:00 AM | 1:00 PM |
| 5:00 AM | 2:00 PM |
| 6:00 AM | 3:00 PM |
| 7:00 AM | 4:00 PM |
| 8:00 AM | 5:00 PM |
| 9:00 AM | 6:00 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 7:00 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 8:00 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
| 1:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
| 2:00 PM | 11:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 12:00 AM (next day) |
| 4:00 PM | 1:00 AM (next day) |
| 5:00 PM | 2:00 AM (next day) |
| 6:00 PM | 3:00 AM (next day) |
| 7:00 PM | 4:00 AM (next day) |
| 8:00 PM | 5:00 AM (next day) |
| 9:00 PM | 6:00 AM (next day) |
| 10:00 PM | 7:00 AM (next day) |
| 11:00 PM | 8:00 AM (next day) |
About PDT
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is UTC−7. It is used in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle from March to November.
Pacific Daylight Time is UTC−7, the summer clock for Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver. It is the zone most product launches and software release times are quoted in, and it is worth converting rather than eyeballing: PDT is eight hours behind British Summer Time, not seven, because both sides have moved.
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 PDT switches to PST (UTC−8) from November to March. So the 9-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 PDT in SAST?
9:00 AM PDT is 6:00 PM SAST.
Is SAST ahead of PDT?
SAST is 9 hours ahead of PDT.
Which time zone does this use?
PDT is UTC−7 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.