Convert SAST to ICT
ICT is 5 hours ahead of SAST. SAST is UTC+2 and ICT is UTC+7.
Right now: SAST · ICT
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 3 hours: 9:00 AM–12:00 PM SAST (2:00 PM–5:00 PM ICT). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| SAST | ICT | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | working hours |
| 10:00 AM | 3:00 PM | working hours |
| 11:00 AM | 4:00 PM | working hours |
| 12:00 PM | 5:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 1:00 PM | 6:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 2:00 PM | 7:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 3:00 PM | 8:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 4:00 PM | 9:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 5:00 PM | 10:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
SAST to ICT conversion table
| SAST | ICT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 5:00 AM |
| 1:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 2:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 8:00 AM |
| 4:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 11:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM | 12:00 PM |
| 8:00 AM | 1:00 PM |
| 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 3:00 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 4:00 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
| 1:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 2:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 11:00 PM |
| 7:00 PM | 12:00 AM (next day) |
| 8:00 PM | 1:00 AM (next day) |
| 9:00 PM | 2:00 AM (next day) |
| 10:00 PM | 3:00 AM (next day) |
| 11:00 PM | 4:00 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 ICT
Indochina Time (ICT) is UTC+7. It is used in Bangkok, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta.
Indochina Time is UTC+7, covering Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, with no daylight saving in any of them. Bangkok and Hanoi keep the same clock, which makes the region unusually simple to schedule across — the complication is only ever with the countries around it, since Myanmar is at UTC+6:30 and Malaysia at UTC+8.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
Neither SAST nor ICT shifts with the seasons, so this 5-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
What time is 9:00 AM SAST in ICT?
9:00 AM SAST is 2:00 PM ICT.
Is ICT ahead of SAST?
ICT is 5 hours ahead of SAST.
Which time zone does this use?
SAST is UTC+2 and ICT is UTC+7. 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.