WAT
West Africa Time
GMT +1
Tanzania
EAT

Time Difference

West Africa Time is 2 hours behind EAT (Eastern Africa Time)
6:00 pm18:00 in WAT is 8:00 pm20:00 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

WAT to Dar es Salaam call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-4pm in WAT which corresponds to 10am-6pm in Dar es Salaam

6:00 pm18:00 West Africa Time (WAT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
8:00 pm20:00 EAT (Eastern Africa Time) (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). Offset UTC +3:00 hours

6:00 pm18:00 WAT / 8:00 pm20:00 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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

West Africa Time

Offset: WAT is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries: It is used in following countries: Angola, Benin, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Central African Rep., Congo (Rep.), Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Chad

Principal Cities: The largest city in the WAT timezone is Lagos from Nigeria with population about 9 million people. Other major cities in the area are Kinshasa, Kano, Ibadan, Luanda

Daylight Saving: West Africa Time (WAT) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore WAT 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, West Africa Time remains the same

WAT Time Zone Geo Map
WAT timezone map

WAT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates one hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for WAT
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects WAT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Bangui
  • Africa/Brazzaville
  • Africa/Douala
  • Africa/Kinshasa
  • Africa/Lagos
  • Africa/Libreville
  • Africa/Luanda
  • Africa/Malabo
  • Africa/Ndjamena
  • Africa/Niamey
  • Africa/Porto-Novo
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time

Dar es Salaam Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
EAT - Eastern Africa Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+3:00 hours during Eastern Africa Time, currently in use.

Dar es Salaam Facts

Country
Tanzania
Alternative Names
DAR, Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salam, Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salam, Dar es Salamas, Dar es Salams, Dar es Salám, Dar es-Salaam, Dar es-Salam, Dar əs Salam, Dar-ehs-Salam, Dar-ehs-Salam shaary, Dar-es-Salaam, Dar-es-Salam, Darasalam, Daresalama, Daresalamo, Daressalaam, Daressalam, Daruesselam, Darüsselam, Dárasalám, Dār es Salām, Dāresalāma, Ntar es Salam, Ntontoma, da lei si sa la mu, daleueseusallam, dar alslam, dar-es-salami, dar-xes-salam, dara asa salama, dara esa salama, daralslam, daruesusaramu, san lan gang, tarus'salam, Νταρ ες Σαλάμ, Ντοντόμα, Дар ес Салам, Дар ес-Салаам, Дар-ес-Салам, Дар-эс-Салам, Дар-эс-Салам шаары, דאר א-סלאם, דאר עס סאלאאם, دار السلام, دارالسلام, دارېسسالام, दार अस सलाम, दार एस सलाम, ਦਾਰ ਅਸ ਸਲਾਮ, தாருஸ்ஸலாம், ดาร์-เอส-ซาลาม, ཏ་རེ་སི་ས་ལམ།, ဒါအက်စ် ဆယ်လန်းမြို့, დარ-ეს-სალამი, ダルエスサラーム, 三蘭港, 达累斯萨拉姆, 다르에스살람
Population
2,698,652
Currency
Shilling (TZS)
Geographic Coordinates
6° 49' S Latitude / 39° 16' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+255