South African Standard Time
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| black | UTC-1: Cape Verde Time. |
| green | UTC: Western European Time · Greenwich Mean Time. |
| blue | UTC+1: Central European Time · West Africa Time. |
| red | UTC+2: Central European Summer Time · 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. |
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, used in countries to the north and east of South Africa. Solar noon in this time zone occurs at 30º E in SAST, effectively making Durban and Pietermaritzburg at the correct solar noon point. Everywhere west of 22.5º E effectively experiences year-round daylight savings 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:
- Cape Town: Jan 1st: 05:38–20:01, Jul 1st: 07:52–17:48
- Durban: Jan 1st: 04:58–19:00, Jul 1st: 06:52–17:07
Daylight saving time is not observed in this time zone.
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