West Africa Time

 

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Time zones of Africa: black UTC-1: Cape Verde Time. green UTC: Western European Time · Greenwich Mean Time. blue UTC+1: Central European Time · West Africa Time. red UTC+2: Central European Summer Time · Eastern European Time · Central Africa Time · West Africa Summer Time · South Africa Standard Time. yellow UTC+3: Eastern European Summer Time · East Africa Time. grey UTC+4: Mauritius Time · Seychelles Time. Striped colours indicate countries observing daylight saving
Time zones of Africa:
black UTC-1: Cape Verde Time.
green UTC: Western European Time · Greenwich Mean Time.
blue UTC+1: Central European Time · West Africa Time.
red UTC+2: Central European Summer Time · Eastern European Time · Central Africa Time · West Africa Summer Time · South Africa Standard Time.
yellow UTC+3: Eastern European Summer Time · East Africa Time.
grey UTC+4: Mauritius Time · Seychelles Time.
Striped colours indicate countries observing daylight saving

West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in western and west-central Africa (though not in countries west of Benin, which instead use GMT). The zone is one hour ahead of UTC (UTC+1), which makes it the same as Central European Time.

As most of this time zone is in the equatorial region there is no significant change in day length throughout the year, so daylight saving time is not observed. The exception to this is Namibia, which moves to West Africa Summer Time (UTC+2) in the summer months, September to April.

West Africa Time is used by the following countries:

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