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Cotonou, Benin to UTC

Cotonou
Benin
WAT
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
UTC
Universal Time Coordinated
GMT +0
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

WAT (West Africa Time) is 1 hour ahead of Universal Time Coordinated
1:00 pm13:00 in Cotonou, Benin is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC

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

1:00 pm13:00 WAT (West Africa Time) (Cotonou, Benin). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours

1:00 pm13:00 Cotonou, Benin / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC

Cotonou, BeninUTC
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
00:0023:00
01:0000:00
02:0001:00
03:0002:00
04:0003:00
05:0004:00
06:0005:00
07:0006:00
08:0007:00
09:0008:00
10:0009:00
11:0010:00
12:0011:00
13:0012:00
14:0013:00
15:0014:00
16:0015:00
17:0016:00
18:0017:00
19:0018:00
20:0019:00
21:0020:00
22:0021:00
23:0022:00

Cotonou Information

Time Zone

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

Cotonou Facts

Country
Benin
Alternative Names
Appi, COO, Catonou, Cotonou, Cotonu, Cotonú, Katanu, Kotonou, Kotonu, Kotonuo, Kutonu, Kútọnu, ji da nu, ke tuo nu, kotonu, kottonau, kwtwnw, qwtwnw, Κοτονού, Катану, Котону, קוטונו, كوتونو, کوتونو, कोतोनू, ਕੋਤੋਨੂ, கொட்டொனௌ, კოტონუ, コトヌー, 吉大奴, 科托努, 코토누
Population
780,000
Currency
Franc (XOF)
Geographic Coordinates
6° 21' N Latitude / 2° 25' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+229

Universal Time Coordinated

Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.

UTC representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
  • +00 - basic short
  • +0000 - basic
  • +00:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Zulu - Military abbreviation for UTC
  • Z - short form of 'Zulu'
IANA/Olson: Reflects UTC time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Etc/UCT
  • Etc/UTC
  • Etc/Universal
  • Etc/Zulu
  • UCT
  • UTC
  • Universal
  • Zulu
Time zones with the GMT +0 offset:
  • EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • WET - Western European Time
  • AZOST - Azores Summer Time
  • UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
  • WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
  • Z - Zulu Time Zone
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