West Africa Time (WAT)

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standard time time zone

West Africa Time (WAT) is the time zone used by several West and Central African countries, corresponding to UTC+1.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
West Africa Time	899
West Africa Standard Time	1
West Africa Time (WAT) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T288143 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: West Africa Time (WAT)
Context triple: [CET, isSameTimeAs, West Africa Time (WAT)]

A. Central Africa Time
Central Africa Time is a time zone used by several countries in central and southern Africa, typically two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+2) without daylight saving time.
B. East Africa Time
East Africa Time is the standard time zone used by several countries in the eastern part of the African continent, typically three hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+3).
C. Gulf Standard Time
Gulf Standard Time is the time zone used by several Gulf countries, including the United Arab Emirates, which is four hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+4) and does not observe daylight saving time.
D. Western European Time
Western European Time is a standard time zone used in parts of Western Europe, including Portugal, that aligns with Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+0) during the non-daylight saving period.
E. Cuba Standard Time
Cuba Standard Time is the standard time zone used throughout the island nation of Cuba, typically corresponding to UTC−05:00.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: West Africa Time (WAT)
Target entity description: West Africa Time (WAT) is the time zone used by several West and Central African countries, corresponding to UTC+1.

A. Central Africa Time
Central Africa Time is a time zone used by several countries in central and southern Africa, typically two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+2) without daylight saving time.
B. East Africa Time
East Africa Time is the standard time zone used by several countries in the eastern part of the African continent, typically three hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+3).
C. Gulf Standard Time
Gulf Standard Time is the time zone used by several Gulf countries, including the United Arab Emirates, which is four hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+4) and does not observe daylight saving time.
D. Western European Time
Western European Time is a standard time zone used in parts of Western Europe, including Portugal, that aligns with Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+0) during the non-daylight saving period.
E. Cuba Standard Time
Cuba Standard Time is the standard time zone used throughout the island nation of Cuba, typically corresponding to UTC−05:00.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	standard time ⓘ time zone ⓘ
abbreviation	WAT ⓘ
category	Time in Africa ⓘ UTC+01:00 time zones ⓘ
coordinatedWith	Coordinated Universal Time ⓘ surface form: international time standard UTC
DSTRelation	remains UTC+1 all year in most observing countries ⓘ
fullName	West Africa Time (WAT) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: West Africa Time
geographicalCoverage	countries near the 15°E meridian (approximate) ⓘ
IANA_timeZoneExample	Bangui ⓘ surface form: Africa/Bangui Brazzaville ⓘ surface form: Africa/Brazzaville Douala ⓘ surface form: Africa/Douala Lagos ⓘ surface form: Africa/Lagos Libreville ⓘ surface form: Africa/Libreville Africa/Luanda ⓘ Malabo ⓘ surface form: Africa/Malabo N'Djamena ⓘ surface form: Africa/Ndjamena Africa/Niamey ⓘ Africa/Porto-Novo ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime	no (in most countries) ⓘ
offsetFromGreenwichMeanTime	+1 hour ⓘ
offsetFromUTCInHours	+1 ⓘ
relatedTimeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeNotation	24-hour clock (common) ⓘ
typicalUse	civil timekeeping in West and Central Africa ⓘ
usedInCountry	Algeria ⓘ surface form: Algeria (some sources historically/regionally) Angola ⓘ Benin ⓘ Cameroon ⓘ Central African Republic ⓘ Chad ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ surface form: Democratic Republic of the Congo (west) Equatorial Guinea ⓘ Gabon ⓘ Libya ⓘ surface form: Libya (historically) Morocco ⓘ surface form: Morocco (historically/regionally) Namibia ⓘ surface form: Namibia (historically) Niger ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Republic of the Congo ⓘ São Tomé and Príncipe ⓘ surface form: São Tomé and Príncipe (historically) Tunisia ⓘ surface form: Tunisia (historically/regionally) Spanish Sahara ⓘ surface form: Western Sahara (historically/regionally)
usedInRegion	Central Africa ⓘ West Africa ⓘ
UTCoffset	UTC+1 ⓘ
UTCoffsetComparison	same offset as Central European Time (CET) ⓘ