West Africa Time

West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in west-central Africa.[1] West Africa Time is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+01:00), which makes it the same as Central European Time (CET) during winter, or Western European Summer Time (WEST) / British Summer Time (BST) during the summer.

Time zones of Africa:

-01:00	Cape Verde Time^[a]
±00:00	Greenwich Mean Time
+01:00	West Africa Time
+02:00	Central Africa Time Egypt Standard Time South African Standard Time
+03:00	East Africa Time
+04:00	Mauritius Time^[b] Seychelles Time^[b]

^a The islands of Cape Verde are to the west of the African mainland.
^b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.

As most of this time zone is in the tropical region, there is little change in day length throughout the year, so daylight saving time is not observed.

West Africa Time is the time zone for the following countries:

•  Algeria
•  Angola
•  Benin
•  Cameroon
•  Central African Republic
•  Chad
•  Democratic Republic of the Congo (western side only)
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Gabon
•  Morocco
•  Niger
•  Nigeria
•  Republic of the Congo
•  Tunisia
•  Western Sahara

Countries west of Benin (except Morocco and Western Sahara) are in the UTC±0 time zone. Civil time in most of those countries is defined with reference to Greenwich Mean Time (now an alias for UTC±0, rather than an independent reference).

References

1. "West Africa Time Zone - WAT". worldtimeserver.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.

See also

• Central European Time, an equivalent time zone covering most European countries during winter, also at UTC+01:00
• Western European Summer Time, an equivalent time zone covering western European countries during daylight saving, also at UTC+01:00
• British Summer Time, an equivalent time zone covering the United Kingdom during daylight saving, also at UTC+01:00