Current time in Ncotshane

10:22

Friday, 17 July 2026

Ncotshane, South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00

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Time-zone identity for Ncotshane

IANA zone: Africa/Johannesburg
UTC offset now: UTC+02:00
Current zone label: GMT+2
Clock-change status: No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.

Ncotshane is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Clock changes in Ncotshane

370-day checked horizon

No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 22 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Ncotshane

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Johannesburg, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.

Previous 5 years

No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.

Next 5 years

No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.

Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.

Sun and Moon today

Sun and Moon in Ncotshane

Daily astronomical events for Friday, 17 July 2026, expressed in Africa/Johannesburg local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.

Sun

Sunrise: 06:42
Sunset: 17:18
Solar noon: 12:00
Civil twilight: 06:17–17:43

Moon

Moonrise: 08:57
Moonset: 20:45
Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 12%

Location context

About Ncotshane

Location details for Ncotshane in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Administrative area: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Population: 19,562
Coordinates: 27.3420° S, 31.5800° E. The elevation is 314 metres.

Country context

South Africa at a glance

Country information for South Africa. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.

Capital: Pretoria
Country codes: ZA · ZAF · 710
Population: 57,779,622
Currency: South African Rand (ZAR)
Calling code: +27
Languages: Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, and Northern Sotho, and 7 more
Time zones represented: 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: Africa/Johannesburg.

Nearby city clocks

Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Ncotshane. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.

Data and methodology

The current time is calculated for Africa/Johannesburg when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 11205753 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.

Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-17T08:22:55.540Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-17T08:22:55.562Z

View calculation details and sources

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Place and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
IANA Time Zone Database
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessed 2026-07-15
Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
Unicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessed 2026-07-15
English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day
United States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessed 2026-07-17
Daily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.