CDT to WAT Converter
Time Difference
Central Daylight Time is 6 hours behind West Africa Time
12:30 pm12:30 in CDT is 6:30 pm18:30 in WAT
CDT to WAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-12pm in CDT which corresponds to 2pm-6pm in WAT
12:30 pm12:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
6:30 pm18:30 West Africa Time (WAT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
12:30 pm12:30 CDT / 6:30 pm18:30 WAT
CDT | WAT |
---|---|
12am (midnight) | 6am |
1am | 7am |
2am | 8am |
3am | 9am |
4am | 10am |
5am | 11am |
6am | 12pm (noon) |
7am | 1pm |
8am | 2pm |
9am | 3pm |
10am | 4pm |
11am | 5pm |
12pm (noon) | 6pm |
1pm | 7pm |
2pm | 8pm |
3pm | 9pm |
4pm | 10pm |
5pm | 11pm |
6pm | 12am (midnight) |
7pm | 1am |
8pm | 2am |
9pm | 3am |
10pm | 4am |
11pm | 5am |
0:00 | 6:00 |
1:00 | 7:00 |
2:00 | 8:00 |
3:00 | 9:00 |
4:00 | 10:00 |
5:00 | 11:00 |
6:00 | 12:00 |
7:00 | 13:00 |
8:00 | 14:00 |
9:00 | 15:00 |
10:00 | 16:00 |
11:00 | 17:00 |
12:00 | 18:00 |
13:00 | 19:00 |
14:00 | 20:00 |
15:00 | 21:00 |
16:00 | 22:00 |
17:00 | 23:00 |
18:00 | 0:00 |
19:00 | 1:00 |
20:00 | 2:00 |
21:00 | 3:00 |
22:00 | 4:00 |
23:00 | 5:00 |
Central Daylight Time
Offset: CDT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Canada, Cuba, Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT timezone is Chicago from USA with population about 2.696 million people. Other major cities in the area are Havana, Houston, Ciudad Juarez, San Antonio
French: HAC - Heure Avancée du Centre
Spanish: CT - Zona Centro

Daylight Saving: Central Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Central Standard Time (CST).
Start: Central Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually the on second Sunday of March
End: Central Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually the on first Sunday of November
CDT representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for CDT
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Chicago
- America/Indiana/Knox
- America/Indiana/Tell_City
- America/Knox_IN
- America/Matamoros
- America/Menominee
- America/North_Dakota/Beulah
- America/North_Dakota/Center
- America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
- America/Ojinaga
- America/Rainy_River
- America/Rankin_Inlet
- America/Resolute
- America/Winnipeg
- CST6CDT
- Canada/Central
- US/Central
- US/Indiana-Starke
- Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
- Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
- CDT - Central Daylight Time
- EST - Eastern Standard Time
- ET - Eastern Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- CST - Cuba Standard Time
- EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- PET - Peru Time
- R - Romeo Time Zone
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 representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +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.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for WAT
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Africa/Bangui
- Africa/Brazzaville
- Africa/Douala
- Africa/Kinshasa
- Africa/Lagos
- Africa/Libreville
- Africa/Luanda
- Africa/Malabo
- Africa/Ndjamena
- Africa/Niamey
- Africa/Porto-Novo
- 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