South African Standard Time

SAST redirects here. For the comedy programme, see Short Attention Span Theater.

Time zones of Africa:

black	UTC-1: Cape Verde Time.
green	UTC: Western European Time · Greenwich Mean Time.
blue	UTC+1: Central European Time · West Africa Time · Western European Summer Time.
red	UTC+2: Eastern European Time · Central Africa Time · West Africa Summer Time · South Africa Standard Time.
yellow	UTC+3: Eastern European Summer Time · East Africa Time.
grey	UTC+4: Mauritius Time · Seychelles Time.

Striped colours indicate countries observing daylight saving

South African Standard Time, or SAST, is a time zone used by all of South Africa, as well as Swaziland and Lesotho. The zone is two hours ahead of UTC (UTC+2) and is the same as Central Africa Time, with Daylight saving time not being observed in either time zone. Solar noon in this time zone occurs at 30° E in SAST, effectively making Durban and Pietermaritzburg at the correct solar noon point. Everywhere west of 22°30' E effectively experiences year-round daylight saving time due to its location in true UTC+1 but still being in SAST, thus sunrise and sunset are relatively late in Cape Town compared to the rest of South Africa.

To illustrate, daylight hours for South Africa's western and eastern-most major cities:

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