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CAT to UTC converter

UTC is 2 hours behind CAT right now. Live clocks on both sides, a direct time input, the full 24-hour table with a permalink per hour, and the real daylight-saving state — computed from the IANA tz database on every request, never from a stored offset.

Central Africa Time · Africa/Harare
02:15:41
Thursday, 13 August 2026 · CAT · UTC+02:00
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Coordinated Universal Time · UTC
00:15:41
Thursday, 13 August 2026 · UTC · UTC+00:00

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Coordinated Universal Time

UTC is currently on UTC (UTC+00:00).

no clock change scheduled — this zone is fixed at UTC+00:00

UTC is the reference clock every other offset is quoted against. It has no daylight saving and never shifts.

Central Africa Time

Africa/Harare is on CAT (UTC+02:00).

no clock change scheduled — fixed at UTC+02:00

Central Africa Time is UTC+2, fixed, and equal in offset to SAST.

Best time to call green = 09:00–18:00 on both sides

7 overlapping working hours. The longest run is 11:00–18:00 CAT, which is 09:00–16:00 UTC.

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CAT to UTC, hour by hour 13 August 2026 · every row is a permalink

CAT UTC 12-hour Day Permalink
00:00 22:00 UTC 10:00 PM previous day 00:00 →
01:00 23:00 UTC 11:00 PM previous day 01:00 →
02:00 00:00 UTC 12:00 AM same day 02:00 →
03:00 01:00 UTC 1:00 AM same day 03:00 →
04:00 02:00 UTC 2:00 AM same day 04:00 →
05:00 03:00 UTC 3:00 AM same day 05:00 →
06:00 04:00 UTC 4:00 AM same day 06:00 →
07:00 05:00 UTC 5:00 AM same day 07:00 →
08:00 06:00 UTC 6:00 AM same day 08:00 →
09:00 07:00 UTC 7:00 AM same day 09:00 →
10:00 08:00 UTC 8:00 AM same day 10:00 →
11:00 09:00 UTC 9:00 AM same day 11:00 →
12:00 10:00 UTC 10:00 AM same day 12:00 →
13:00 11:00 UTC 11:00 AM same day 13:00 →
14:00 12:00 UTC 12:00 PM same day 14:00 →
15:00 13:00 UTC 1:00 PM same day 15:00 →
16:00 14:00 UTC 2:00 PM same day 16:00 →
17:00 15:00 UTC 3:00 PM same day 17:00 →
18:00 16:00 UTC 4:00 PM same day 18:00 →
19:00 17:00 UTC 5:00 PM same day 19:00 →
20:00 18:00 UTC 6:00 PM same day 20:00 →
21:00 19:00 UTC 7:00 PM same day 21:00 →
22:00 20:00 UTC 8:00 PM same day 22:00 →
23:00 21:00 UTC 9:00 PM same day 23:00 →

Every hour as its own page

00:00 CAT 01:00 CAT 02:00 CAT 03:00 CAT 04:00 CAT 05:00 CAT 06:00 CAT 07:00 CAT 08:00 CAT 09:00 CAT 10:00 CAT 11:00 CAT 12:00 CAT 13:00 CAT 14:00 CAT 15:00 CAT 16:00 CAT 17:00 CAT 18:00 CAT 19:00 CAT 20:00 CAT 21:00 CAT 22:00 CAT 23:00 CAT

CAT to UTC — questions

What time is it in UTC when it is CAT now?
UTC is currently 00:15 on Thursday, 13 August 2026 (UTC, UTC+00:00), while CAT is 02:15 (UTC+02:00). That is 2 hours behind the source clock right now.
How many hours behind is UTC of CAT?
2 hours at this moment. The gap is not constant across the year: Central Africa Time and Coordinated Universal Time change clocks on different dates (or one of them not at all), so a difference you hard-code in summer can be an hour wrong in winter. The table on this page is computed from the current tzdata rules, not from a fixed offset.
Is UTC on daylight saving time right now?
No. UTC is on UTC (UTC+00:00) at the moment.
Does UTC observe daylight saving time?
No. UTC stays on UTC+00:00 all year, so the difference from CAT only moves when CAT itself changes.
What is the best time to schedule a call between CAT and UTC?
There are 7 hours of overlap where both sides are inside a 09:00-18:00 working day. The longest block is 11:00–18:00 CAT, which is 09:00–16:00 UTC. Use the calendar buttons above to drop it straight into Google Calendar, Outlook or an .ics file.
Which IANA timezone name should I use for UTC in code?
Use UTC. Abbreviations like UTC are ambiguous and not resolvable by most libraries — Python's ZoneInfo, Java's ZoneId, Go's time.LoadLocation and JavaScript's Intl all expect the IANA name. Hard-coding UTC+00:00 instead will be wrong the moment the rules change.

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