In which country is the Africa/Johannesburg timezone located?

The timezone Africa/Johannesburg is mainly used in South Africa .

What is the IANA identifier for this region?

The official IANA identifier is Africa/Johannesburg . This code is used for time calculation in all common operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS).

What is the time difference of Africa/Johannesburg to UTC?

The current time difference for Africa/Johannesburg is exactly UTC+02:00 .

Timezone

Africa/Johannesburg

UTC +02:00 SAST DST off

16:16:45

Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 4:16:45 PM

Wk 2

Day 8/365

Unix 1767881805

Day progress

since 00:00 16:16:45 until 24:00 07:43:15

Current time in Africa/Johannesburg

The details for Africa/Johannesburg are as follows. Also available via the API in JSON or plain text.

Local Time

Current Local Date/Time (ISO8601): 2026-01-08T16:16:45+0200
RFC 3339: 2026-01-08T16:16:45+02:00
RFC 2822: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:16:45 +0200
Ordinal Day of the Week: 4
Ordinal Day of the Year: 8
Ordinal Week Number: 2
ISO week date: 2026-W02-4
Quarter: 1
Epoch (milliseconds): 1767881805280

Timezone Details

Timezone: Africa/Johannesburg
Timezone Abbreviation: SAST
ISO-3166-2: ZA
Country Name: South Africa
Latitude: -26.25
Longitude: 28
Navigation Links: Google Maps Apple Maps OpenStreetMap
Other time zones using the abbreviation SAST: Africa/Maseru and Africa/Mbabane

UTC

Current UTC Date/Time: 2026-01-08T14:16:45+0000
Local Time's UTC offset: +02:00
Display UTC offset: UTC+02:00
Local Time's UTC offset, in seconds: 7200
Unixtime: 1767881805

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Current status: Standard Time (winter)
Last change: —
Next change: —
Current offset: UTC+02:00

Calendar and time metadata

Leap year: false
Next leap year: 2028
Days in year: 365

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    "dst_offset": 7200,
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    "timezone": "Africa\/Johannesburg",
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    "utc_offset": "+02:00",
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    "rfc3339": "2026-01-08T16:16:45+02:00",
    "rfc2822": "Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:16:45 +0200",
    "is_leap_year": false,
    "next_leap_year": 2028,
    "next_leap_year_including_this_year": 2028,
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}

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abbreviation: 'SAST'
datetime: '2026-01-08T16:16:45+0200'
day_of_week: 4
day_of_year: 8
week_number: 2
iso_week_date: '2026-W02-4'
quarter: 1
epoch_ms: 1767881805280
has_dst: false
is_dst: false
dst_last: NULL
dst_last_local: NULL
dst_last_utc: NULL
dst_next: NULL
dst_next_local: NULL
dst_next_utc: NULL
dst_offset: 7200
dst_from: NULL
dst_until: NULL
raw_offset: 7200
timezone: 'Africa/Johannesburg'
unixtime: 1767881805
utc_datetime: '2026-01-08T14:16:45+0000'
utc_offset: '+02:00'
display_utc_offset: 'UTC+02:00'
rfc3339: '2026-01-08T16:16:45+02:00'
rfc2822: 'Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:16:45 +0200'
is_leap_year: false
next_leap_year: 2028
next_leap_year_including_this_year: 2028
days_in_year: 365

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