Convert SAST to EEST
EEST is 1 hour ahead of SAST. SAST is UTC+2 and EEST is UTC+3.
Right now: SAST · EEST
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 7 hours: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM SAST (10:00 AM–5:00 PM EEST). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| SAST | EEST | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | working hours |
| 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | working hours |
| 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | working hours |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | working hours |
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | working hours |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | working hours |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | working hours |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
SAST to EEST conversion table
| SAST | EEST |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 1:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 2:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| 4:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 8:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 11:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 12:00 AM (next day) |
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 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.
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 SAST in EEST?
9:00 AM SAST is 10:00 AM EEST.
Is EEST ahead of SAST?
EEST is 1 hour ahead of SAST.
Which time zone does this use?
SAST is UTC+2 and EEST is UTC+3. 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.