MSK
Moscow Standard Time
GMT +3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
WAST
West Africa Summer Time
GMT +2
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

MSK is 1 hour ahead of WAST. MSK uses GMT +3, and WAST uses GMT +2 for this comparison.

For example, 3:00 pm MSK is 2:00 pm WAST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 10am-5pm MSK, which is 9am-4pm WAST.

Compare MSK time with WAST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Moscow Standard Time is 1 hour ahead of West Africa Summer Time
3:00 pm15:00 in MSK is 2:00 pm14:00 in WAST

MSK to WAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm in MSK which corresponds to 9am-4pm in WAST

3:00 pm15:00 Moscow Standard Time (MSK). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 West Africa Summer Time (WAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 MSK / 2:00 pm14:00 WAST

MSKWAST
12am (midnight)11pm
1am12am (midnight)
2am1am
3am2am
4am3am
5am4am
6am5am
7am6am
8am7am
9am8am
10am9am
11am10am
12pm (noon)11am
1pm12pm (noon)
2pm1pm
3pm2pm
4pm3pm
5pm4pm
6pm5pm
7pm6pm
8pm7pm
9pm8pm
10pm9pm
11pm10pm
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Moscow Standard Time

Offset: MSK is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries using this time zone: Russia, Ukraine

Principal Cities: The largest city in the MSK time zone is Moscow in Russia, with about 10.381 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan, Rostov na Donu.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Moscow Standard Time (MSK) do not change for daylight saving time, so MSK stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

MSK Time Zone Geo Map
MSK timezone map

MSK representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for MSK
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
IANA/Olson: Reflects MSK time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Europe/Kirov
  • Europe/Moscow
  • Europe/Simferopol
  • Europe/Volgograd
  • W-SU
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time

West Africa Summer Time

Offset: WAST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries using this time zone: Namibia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the WAST time zone is Windhoek in Namibia, with about 268,132 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Rundu, Walvis Bay, Oshakati, Swakopmund.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in West Africa Summer Time (WAST) do not change for daylight saving time, so WAST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

WAST Time Zone Geo Map
WAST timezone map

WAST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for WAST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time