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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 12, 2026 = 1:00 pm13:00 WAT (UTC+1), Oct 12, 2026

PDT is 8 hours behind WAT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PT is 8 hours behind WAT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PT is 9 hours behind WAT.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 5:00 pm to 1:00 am (next day) in WAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PT correspond to 6:00 pm to 2:00 am (next day) in WAT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 17:00 to 01:00 (next day) in WAT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PT correspond to 18:00 to 02:00 (next day) in WAT.

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

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 8 hours behind West Africa Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 1:00 pm13:00 in WAT

PDT to WAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8:30am-9:30am08:30-09:30 in PDT which corresponds to 4:30pm-5:30pm16:30-17:30 in WAT. Their 9am–5pm09:00–17:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 West Africa Time (WAT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 1:00 pm13:00 WAT

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Pacific Time

Pacific Time (PT) is a general term used to describe the areas that observe either the Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) in the United States and Canada. PT also called Pacific Coast Time. PT is not static but switches between PDT and PST.

Territories observing the Pacific Time Zone are primarily in North America. It runs through the western part of Canada, the United States and the Northwestern part of Mexico.

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States.

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PT time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PT
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone

West Africa Time

Offset: WAT is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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 Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 16 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lagos, 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; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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