EAT
Eastern Africa Time
GMT +3
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
WAT
West Africa Time
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

EAT is 2 hours ahead of WAT. EAT uses GMT +3, and WAT uses GMT +1 for this comparison.

For example, 3:00 pm EAT is 1:00 pm WAT. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 11am-5pm EAT, which is 9am-3pm WAT.

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

Time Difference

Eastern Africa Time is 2 hours ahead of West Africa Time
3:00 pm15:00 in EAT is 1:00 pm13:00 in WAT

EAT to WAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-5pm in EAT which corresponds to 9am-3pm in WAT

3:00 pm15:00 Eastern Africa Time (EAT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 West Africa Time (WAT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

3:00 pm15:00 EAT / 1:00 pm13:00 WAT

EATWAT
12am (midnight)10pm
1am11pm
2am12am (midnight)
3am1am
4am2am
5am3am
6am4am
7am5am
8am6am
9am7am
10am8am
11am9am
12pm (noon)10am
1pm11am
2pm12pm (noon)
3pm1pm
4pm2pm
5pm3pm
6pm4pm
7pm5pm
8pm6pm
9pm7pm
10pm8pm
11pm9pm
00:0022:00
01:0023:00
02:0000:00
03:0001:00
04:0002:00
05:0003:00
06:0004:00
07:0005:00
08:0006:00
09:0007:00
10:0008:00
11:0009:00
12:0010:00
13:0011:00
14:0012:00
15:0013:00
16:0014:00
17:0015:00
18:0016:00
19:0017:00
20:0018:00
21:0019:00
22:0020:00
23:0021:00

Eastern Africa Time

Offset: EAT is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries using this time zone: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Comoros, Madagascar, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Mayotte

Principal Cities: The largest city in the EAT time zone is Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, with about 2.758 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Mogadishu, Antananarivo.

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

EAT Time Zone Geo Map
EAT timezone map

EAT 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 EAT
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
IANA/Olson: Reflects EAT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Addis_Ababa
  • Africa/Asmara
  • Africa/Asmera
  • Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
  • Africa/Djibouti
  • Africa/Kampala
  • Africa/Mogadishu
  • Africa/Nairobi
  • Indian/Antananarivo
  • Indian/Comoro
  • Indian/Mayotte
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 Time

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

Countries using this time zone: 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 time zone is Lagos in Nigeria, with about 9 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Kinshasa, Kano, Ibadan, Luanda.

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

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 an offset of one hour 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