Nigeria
WAT
CST
Central Standard Time
GMT -6

Time Difference

WAT (West Africa Time) is 7 hours ahead of Central Standard Time
8:00 pm20:00 in Abuja, Nigeria is 1:00 pm13:00 in CST

Abuja to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 3pm-6pm in Abuja which corresponds to 8am-11am in CST

8:00 pm20:00 WAT (West Africa Time) (Abuja, Nigeria). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
1:00 pm13:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

8:00 pm20:00 Abuja, Nigeria / 1:00 pm13:00 CST

Abuja, Nigeria CST
12am (midnight) 5pm
1am 6pm
2am 7pm
3am 8pm
4am 9pm
5am 10pm
6am 11pm
7am 12am (midnight)
8am 1am
9am 2am
10am 3am
11am 4am
12pm (noon) 5am
1pm 6am
2pm 7am
3pm 8am
4pm 9am
5pm 10am
6pm 11am
7pm 12pm (noon)
8pm 1pm
9pm 2pm
10pm 3pm
11pm 4pm
0:00 17:00
1:00 18:00
2:00 19:00
3:00 20:00
4:00 21:00
5:00 22:00
6:00 23:00
7:00 0:00
8:00 1:00
9:00 2:00
10:00 3:00
11:00 4:00
12:00 5:00
13:00 6:00
14:00 7:00
15:00 8:00
16:00 9:00
17:00 10:00
18:00 11:00
19:00 12:00
20:00 13:00
21:00 14:00
22:00 15:00
23:00 16:00

Abuja Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
WAT - West Africa Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+1:00 hour during West Africa Time, currently in use.

Abuja Facts

Country
Nigeria
Alternative Names
ABV, Abodza, Abodža, Abouja, Abuca, Abudz, Abudza, Abudzha, Abudża, Abudž, Abudža, Abugia, Abugo, Abuja, Abuya, Abuzha, Abuĝo, Abùjá, Ampouza, a bu gu, a bu jia, abuja, abwja, apuja, xabu ca, yەbwwja, ʼbwgh, Αμπούζα, Абуджа, Абужа, Абуџа, Абуҷа, Աբուջա, אבוגה, אבודזשא, آبوجا, أبوجا, ئەبووجا, ابوجا, अबुजा, আবুজা, ਅਬੁਜਾ, ଅବୁଜା, அபுஜா, അബുജ, อาบูจา, ཨ་པུ་ཅ།, အဘူဂျာမြို့, აბუჯა, አቡጃ, アブジャ, 阿布賈, 阿布贾, 아부자
Population
590,400
Currency
Naira (NGN)
Geographic Coordinates
9° 03' N Latitude / 7° 29' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+234

Central Standard Time

Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Central America

Countries: It is used in following countries: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST timezone is Mexico City from Mexico with population about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in the area are Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec

Daylight Saving: Central Standard Time (CST) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore CST remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Central Standard Time remains the same

CST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates six hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Bahia_Banderas
  • America/Belize
  • America/Chicago
  • America/Chihuahua
  • America/Costa_Rica
  • America/El_Salvador
  • America/Guatemala
  • America/Indiana/Knox
  • America/Indiana/Tell_City
  • America/Knox_IN
  • America/Managua
  • America/Matamoros
  • America/Menominee
  • America/Merida
  • America/Mexico_City
  • America/Monterrey
  • America/North_Dakota/Beulah
  • America/North_Dakota/Center
  • America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
  • America/Ojinaga
  • America/Rainy_River
  • America/Rankin_Inlet
  • America/Regina
  • America/Resolute
  • America/Swift_Current
  • America/Tegucigalpa
  • America/Winnipeg
  • CST6CDT
  • Canada/Central
  • Canada/Saskatchewan
  • Mexico/General
  • US/Central
  • US/Indiana-Starke
CST Abbreviation: Several time zones share CST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Standard Time - UTC -6
  • China Standard Time - UTC +8
  • Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
  • Colombia Standard Time - UTC -5
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone