Central Africa Time

time zone

Central Africa Time (CAT) also known as South Africa Standard Time (SAST) in South Africa, is a time zone in Africa that is 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+2). It is the same time as Eastern European Time (EET) during winter, and Central European Summer Time (CEST) during summer. This time zone does not observe daylight saving time, because it is near the equator.

Time zones of Africa:
 UTC-01:00  Cape Verde Time[a]
 UTC±00:00  Greenwich Mean Time
 UTC+01:00  Central European Time
West Africa Time
 UTC+02:00  Central Africa Time
Eastern European Time
Egypt Standard Time
South African Standard Time
 UTC+03:00  East Africa Time
 UTC+04:00  Mauritius Time[b]
Seychelles Time[b]
a The islands of Cape Verde are to the west of the African mainland.
b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.

This time zone is used in: