CAT
Central Africa Time
GMT +2
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WST/WT
Western Sahara Summer Time
GMT +1
12am
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9pm
WT is not used on this date
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Compare CAT time with WT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Central Africa Time is 1 hour ahead of Western Sahara Summer Time
2:00 pm14:00 in CAT is 1:00 pm13:00 in WST

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

2:00 pm14:00 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 Western Sahara Summer Time (WST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

2:00 pm14:00 CAT / 1:00 pm13:00 WST

CATWST
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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Central Africa Time

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

Countries using this time zone: Burundi, Botswana, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT time zone is Khartoum in Sudan, with about 1.975 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Harare, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Omdurman.

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

CAT Time Zone Geo Map
CAT timezone map

CAT 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 CAT
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CAT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Blantyre
  • Africa/Bujumbura
  • Africa/Gaborone
  • Africa/Harare
  • Africa/Juba
  • Africa/Khartoum
  • Africa/Kigali
  • Africa/Lubumbashi
  • Africa/Lusaka
  • Africa/Maputo
  • Africa/Windhoek
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

Western Sahara Standard Time

Offset: WT is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Western Sahara Summer Time (WST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Western Sahara Standard Time (WT) ended on Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, April 6, 2025, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the first Sunday of April.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: Western Sahara Standard Time (WT) starts on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, February 15, 2026, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the third Sunday of February.

WT 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 WT
  • Z - short form of '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