South African Standard Time

From South African (“of, from, or pertaining to South Africa”) +‎ standard time (“time as measured by synchronising clocks in different geographical locations within a specific area to the same time zone”). Coined 1903.

South African Standard Time

1. A time zone, two hours ahead of UTC, observed year-round by the countries of Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa; UTC+02:00.

• SAST (abbreviation)

(Other time zones in UTC+02:00):

• Central Africa Time
• Central European Summer Time (summer time only)
• Eastern European Time
• Egypt Standard Time
• Israel Standard Time
• West Africa Summer Time (summer time only)