West Africa Time
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File:TimeZones-Africa.svgTime in Africa:
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>a The islands of Cape Verde and Canary Islands are to the west of the African mainland.
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>b Locally known as Egypt Standard Time.
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>c Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.
| Light Blue | Cape Verde Time<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] (UTC−1) |
| Blue | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) |
| Red | Template:Hlist (UTC+1) |
| Yellow | Template:Hlist (UTC+2) |
| Ochre | Template:Hlist (UTC+3) |
| Green | East Africa Time (UTC+3) |
| Turquoise | Template:Hlist (UTC+4) |
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>b Locally known as Egypt Standard Time.
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>c 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:
- Template:Country data Algeria (as Central European Time)
- Template:Country data Angola
- Template:Country data Benin
- Template:Country data Cameroon
- Template:Country data Central African Republic
- Template:Country data Chad
- Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo (western provinces)
- Template:Country data Equatorial Guinea
- Template:Country data Gabon
- Template:Country data Morocco (as Central European Time)
- Template:Country data Niger
- Template:Country data Nigeria
- Template:Country data Republic of the Congo
- Template:Country data Tunisia (as Central European Time)
- Template:Country data Western Sahara
Countries west of Benin (except Morocco and Western Sahara) are in the UTC+00:00 time zone.
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
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