{"id":42615,"date":"2016-12-13T11:53:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T10:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=42615"},"modified":"2020-05-21T16:30:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T15:30:22","slug":"time-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/time-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Time in South Africa: Everything You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s funny how time flies,\u00a0especially in South Africa. The constant upbeat hustle and bustle of the country seem to propel the country at a faster pace\u00a0than the rest of the world. Its urban cities seem to move at a similar pace with cities like New York, Boston, Lagos\u00a0or Shanghai. The Time in South Africa is commonly referred to as South African Standard Time (SAST). SAST refers to the time zone used by the countries in Southern Africa including South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland.<\/p>\n
The South African Time is UTC+2, this means it is two hours ahead of UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). It is also the same as the Central Africa Time.\u00a0<\/em>Interestingly, neither time zones observe Daylight Savings.<\/p>\n Maybe a better understanding of UTC is in order. The Coordinated Universal Time is the foremost time standard which regulates the time – clock and watches all over the world. It also does not observe daylight saving time.<\/p>\n In 1960, the UTC was officially formalized by the\u00a0International Radio Consultative Committee. The UTC replaced the GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) as the primary time standard. However, several proposals have been made to replace the UTC but a consensus has not been reached in that regard. The national standard for South African time is maintained by\u00a0Pretoria’s NMISA –\u00a0National Metrology Institute of South Africa.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n South Africa is currently one of the countries in the world that have the same time nationwide. While it may not seem quite remarkable, it truly is. Some countries have different time zones which lead to several cities within them being hours ahead or hours behind each other.<\/p>\n France, for example, is a country with 12 different time zones. The United States has 11; Russia has 11 while the United Kingdom has 9 time zones. Australia has 8 time zones, Canada has 6 and Denmark has 5. In the early days, there was no uniformed time in South Africa and different towns used their various local times. All that changed on the 8th of February 1892 thanks to the Railway Conference that was held in Bloemfontein.<\/p>\nTime In South Africa<\/strong><\/h2>\n