WAST to BST Converter
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For most of the year, WAST is 1 hour ahead of BST. During seasonal clock changes, WAST is 2 hours ahead of GMT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WAST correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in BST. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WAST correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in GMT.
Compare WAST time with BST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
West Africa Summer Time is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
2:00 pm14:00 in WAST is 12:00 pm12:00 in GMT
WAST to GMT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-5pm in WAST which corresponds to 9am-3pm in GMT
2:00 pm14:00 West Africa Summer Time (WAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 WAST / 12:00 pm12:00 GMT
| WAST | GMT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 10pm |
| 1am | 11pm |
| 2am | 12am (midnight) |
| 3am | 1am |
| 4am | 2am |
| 5am | 3am |
| 6am | 4am |
| 7am | 5am |
| 8am | 6am |
| 9am | 7am |
| 10am | 8am |
| 11am | 9am |
| 12pm (noon) | 10am |
| 1pm | 11am |
| 2pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 3pm | 1pm |
| 4pm | 2pm |
| 5pm | 3pm |
| 6pm | 4pm |
| 7pm | 5pm |
| 8pm | 6pm |
| 9pm | 7pm |
| 10pm | 8pm |
| 11pm | 9pm |
| 00:00 | 22:00 |
| 01:00 | 23:00 |
| 02:00 | 00:00 |
| 03:00 | 01:00 |
| 04:00 | 02:00 |
| 05:00 | 03:00 |
| 06:00 | 04:00 |
| 07:00 | 05:00 |
| 08:00 | 06:00 |
| 09:00 | 07:00 |
| 10:00 | 08:00 |
| 11:00 | 09:00 |
| 12:00 | 10:00 |
| 13:00 | 11:00 |
| 14:00 | 12:00 |
| 15:00 | 13:00 |
| 16:00 | 14:00 |
| 17:00 | 15:00 |
| 18:00 | 16:00 |
| 19:00 | 17:00 |
| 20:00 | 18:00 |
| 21:00 | 19:00 |
| 22:00 | 20:00 |
| 23:00 | 21:00 |
West Africa Summer Time
Offset: WAST is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries using this time zone: Namibia
Principal Cities: The largest city in the WAST time zone is Windhoek in Namibia, with about 268,132 people. Other major cities in this time zone include Rundu, Walvis Bay, Oshakati, Swakopmund.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in West Africa Summer Time (WAST) do not change for daylight saving time, so WAST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
WAST representations, usage and related time zones
- +02 - basic short
- +0200 - basic
- +02:00 - extended
- +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Bravo - Military abbreviation for WAST
- B - short form of 'Bravo'
- CEST - Central European Summer Time
- EET - Eastern European Time
- MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
- B - Bravo Time Zone
- CAT - Central Africa Time
- IST - Israel Standard Time
- SAST - South Africa Standard Time
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time
British Summer Time
Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe
Countries using this time zone: Britain (UK), Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is London in United Kingdom, with about 7.557 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Saint Helier.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use for the most parts it is the same. In military GMT is known as Zulu time.Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), until the introduction of UTC in 1972 a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.
BST 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 an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- British Summer Time - UTC +1
- Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
- Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
- 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