Jamaica
EST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
WAT
West Africa Time
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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

Time Difference

EST (Eastern Standard Time) is 6 hours behind West Africa Time
7:00 am07:00 in Kingston, Jamaica is 1:00 pm13:00 in WAT

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

7:00 am07:00 EST (Eastern Standard Time) (Kingston, Jamaica). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 West Africa Time (WAT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

7:00 am07:00 Kingston, Jamaica / 1:00 pm13:00 WAT

Kingston, JamaicaWAT
12am (midnight)6am
1am7am
2am8am
3am9am
4am10am
5am11am
6am12pm (noon)
7am1pm
8am2pm
9am3pm
10am4pm
11am5pm
12pm (noon)6pm
1pm7pm
2pm8pm
3pm9pm
4pm10pm
5pm11pm
6pm12am (midnight)
7pm1am
8pm2am
9pm3am
10pm4am
11pm5am
00:0006:00
01:0007:00
02:0008:00
03:0009:00
04:0010:00
05:0011:00
06:0012:00
07:0013:00
08:0014:00
09:0015:00
10:0016:00
11:0017:00
12:0018:00
13:0019:00
14:0020:00
15:0021:00
16:0022:00
17:0023:00
18:0000:00
19:0001:00
20:0002:00
21:0003:00
22:0004:00
23:0005:00

Kingston Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
EST - Eastern Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-5:00 hours during Eastern Standard Time, currently in use.

Kingston Facts

Country
Jamaica
Alternative Names
KIN, Kin'nkston, Kingston, jing si dui, kingseuteon, kingusuton, kyngstwn, Κίνγκστον, Кингстон, کینگستون, キングストン, 京斯敦, 킹스턴
Population
937,700
Currency
Dollar (JMD)
Geographic Coordinates
17° 59' N Latitude / 76° 47' W Longitude

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