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Philadelphia, PA, USA to WAT

Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, USA
EST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
WAT
West Africa Time
GMT +1
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia, PA, USA is 1:00 pm13:00 in WAT

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

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

7:00 am07:00 Philadelphia, PA, USA / 1:00 pm13:00 WAT

Philadelphia, PA, USAWAT
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

Philadelphia Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
EST - Eastern Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-4:00 hours during Eastern Daylight Time, currently in use.
-5:00 hours during Eastern Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Philadelphia Facts

Country
USA
State
Pennsylvania
Alternative Names
Coaquannock, Fi-sang, Fi-sàng, Filadehl'fija, Filadel'fi, Filadel'fij, Filadel'fija, Filadelfi, Filadelfia, Filadelfiae, Filadelfie, Filadelfii, Filadelfija, Filadelfijo, Filadelfio, Filadelfiya, Filadelfiye, Filadelfiä, Filadèlfia, Filadélfia, Filadélfiye, Ga-na-ta-jen-go-na, PHL, Philadelpheia, Philadelphia, Philadelphie, Philly, Quequenakee, Tsi wahswen:to Tekahso:ken, Tsi wahswèn:to Tekahsó:ken, fei cheng, fi la delfeiy, filadailafi'a, firaderufia, flaڈylfya, fyladlfya, fyladlfya pnsylwanya, philadelaphiya, philadelphiya, piladelpia, pilatelpiya, pilladelpia, pyldlpyh, Φιλαδέλφεια, Филаделфиа, Филаделфия, Филаделфија, Филадельфи, Филадельфий, Филадельфия, Філадельфія, Філадэльфія, Ֆիլադելֆիա, פילאדעלפיע, פילדלפיה, فلاڈیلفیا, فلاڈیلفیا، پنسلوانیا, فيلادلفيا, فیلادلفیا, فیلادلفیا، پنسیلوانیا, फिलाडेल्फिया, ফিলাডেলফিয়া, ਫ਼ਿਲਾਡੈਲਫ਼ੀਆ, ફિલાડેલ્ફિયા, பிலடெல்பியா, ఫిలడెల్ఫియా, ಫಿಲಡೆಲ್ಫಿಯಾ, ഫിലഡെൽഫിയ, ฟิลาเดลเฟีย, ဖီလာဒဲလ်ဖီးယားမြို့, ფილადელფია, ፊላዴልፊያ, ភីឡាដេលផ្យា, フィラデルフィア, 費城, 费城, 필라델피아
Population
1,567,442
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
39° 57' N Latitude / 75° 09' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1

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
EST to ISTGMT to ESTPST to ESTEST to GMTPST to GMT