West Africa Time, or WAT, is a
time zone
A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it ...
used in west-central
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
.
[ ] West Africa Time is one hour ahead of
Coordinated Universal Time (
UTC+01:00), which aligns it with
Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00.
It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries.
CET ...
(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:
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Countries west of
Benin (except Morocco and Western Sahara) are in the
UTC±0
UTC+00:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +00:00. In ISO 8601, an example of the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+00:00. It is also known by the following geographical or historical names:
*Greenwich Mean ...
time zone.
Civil time
In modern usage, civil time refers to statutory time as designated by civilian authorities. Modern civil time is generally national standard time in a time zone at a fixed offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), possibly adjusted by dayligh ...
in most of those countries is defined with reference to
Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight. At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including being calculated from noon; as a con ...
(now an alias for UTC±0, rather than an independent reference).
References
See also
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Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00.
It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries.
CET ...
, an equivalent time zone covering most
European countries during winter, also at
UTC+01:00
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Western European Summer Time, an equivalent time zone covering western
European countries during
daylight saving
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time or simply daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typicall ...
, also at
UTC+01:00
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British Summer Time, an equivalent time zone covering the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
during
daylight saving
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time or simply daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typicall ...
, also at
UTC+01:00
African culture
Time zones
Time in Africa
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