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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
West Africa Time 103
WAT 0
West Africa Standard Time 1

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) ⓘ

Referenced by (105)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Port Harcourt International Airport → timezone → West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Africa Time
Uyo → timezone → West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Africa Time
Victoria Island → timezone → West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Africa Time
Warri → timezone → West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Africa Time
this entity surface form: West Africa Time