Central Africa Time facts for kids

Africa time zones. Central Africa Time (UTC+2) highlighted in yellow.

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.

This time zone is used in:

•  Botswana
• eastern sections of the  Democratic Republic of the Congo
•  Burundi
•  Lesotho (as South Africa Standard Time (SAST))
•  Malawi
•  Mozambique
•  Namibia, since September 2017
•  South Africa (as South Africa Standard Time (SAST))
•  Swaziland (as South Africa Standard Time (SAST))
•  Sudan, since November 2017
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe