West Africa Time
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Light Blue | Cape Verde Time[a] (UTC−1) |
Blue | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) |
Red | (UTC+1) |
Ochre | (UTC+2) |
Green | East Africa Time (UTC+3) |
Turquoise | (UTC+4) |
b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.
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 aligns it with Central European Time (CET) during winter, and Western European Summer Time (WEST) / British Summer Time (BST) during summer. As most of this time zone is in the tropical region, there is little change in day length throughout the year and therefore daylight saving time is not observed. West Africa Time is the time zone for the following countries:
- File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (as Central European Time)
- File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
- File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin
- File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
- File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
- File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad
- File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo (western provinces)
- File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea
- File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon
- File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (as Central European Time)
- File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger
- File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
- File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo
- File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia (as Central European Time)
- File:Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Western Sahara
Countries west of Benin (except Morocco and Western Sahara) are in the UTC+00:00 time zone. Civil time in most of those countries is defined with reference to Greenwich Mean Time[citation needed] (now an alias for UTC+0, rather than an independent reference).
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
References
- ↑ "West Africa Time Zone - WAT". worldtimeserver.com. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2019. [better source needed]