Convert SAST to EDT
EDT is 6 hours behind SAST. SAST is UTC+2 and EDT is UTC−4.
Right now: SAST · EDT
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 2 hours: 3:00 PM–5:00 PM SAST (9:00 AM–11:00 AM EDT). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| SAST | EDT | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 10:00 AM | 4:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 11:00 AM | 5:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 12:00 PM | 6:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 1:00 PM | 7:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 2:00 PM | 8:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 3:00 PM | 9:00 AM | working hours |
| 4:00 PM | 10:00 AM | working hours |
| 5:00 PM | 11:00 AM | working hours |
SAST to EDT conversion table
| SAST | EDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 6:00 PM (previous day) |
| 1:00 AM | 7:00 PM (previous day) |
| 2:00 AM | 8:00 PM (previous day) |
| 3:00 AM | 9:00 PM (previous day) |
| 4:00 AM | 10:00 PM (previous day) |
| 5:00 AM | 11:00 PM (previous day) |
| 6:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 6:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 7:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 5:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
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 EDT
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is UTC−4. It is used in New York, Toronto, Miami and Atlanta from March to November.
Eastern Daylight Time is UTC−4, the summer clock for New York, Toronto, Miami and Atlanta, running from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November. Those dates are US law and do not match Europe's, which changes on the last Sundays of March and October — so for two weeks in March and one in late October the gap between New York and London is an hour different from its usual five.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
This gap is seasonal. The abbreviations themselves are fixed offsets, but the region on EDT switches to EST (UTC−5) from November to March. So the 6-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 SAST in EDT?
9:00 AM SAST is 3:00 AM EDT.
Is EDT ahead of SAST?
EDT is 6 hours behind SAST.
Which time zone does this use?
SAST is UTC+2 and EDT is UTC−4. 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.