Convert SAST to AKST

AKST is 11 hours behind SAST. SAST is UTC+2 and AKST is UTC−9.

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Standard 9–5 working hours do not overlap at all between SAST and AKST. Someone has to take an early or late call — or use asynchronous communication instead.

SAST to AKST conversion table

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.

About AKST

Alaska Standard Time (AKST) is UTC−9. It is used in Anchorage and the rest of Alaska in winter.

Alaska Standard Time is UTC−9, one hour behind Pacific Standard Time. Alaska observes daylight saving on the US schedule, moving to AKDT at UTC−8 in summer. The state is wide enough to span four time zones geographically and chooses to run on one for practical reasons, which is why the sun can rise at very different clock times at either end of it.

Does this gap change with the seasons?

Neither SAST nor AKST shifts with the seasons, so this 11-hour difference holds all year. That is unusual enough to be worth relying on: most cross-continental gaps move twice a year.

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

Other SAST conversions

• SAST to UTC
• SAST to GMT
• SAST to EST
• SAST to EDT
• SAST to CST
• SAST to CDT
• SAST to MST
• SAST to MDT
• SAST to PST
• SAST to PDT
• SAST to HST
• SAST to BRT
• SAST to BST
• SAST to CET
• SAST to EEST
• SAST to MSK

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