WAT to EGST Converter
EGST is not used on this date.
This converter uses WGST (UTC−1), as in Scoresbysund.
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1:00 pm13:00 WAT (UTC+1), Oct 23, 2026 = 11:00 am11:00 WGST (UTC-1), Oct 23, 2026
WAT is 2 hours ahead of WGST.
WAT and EGST examples
These examples always use WAT (UTC+1) and EGST (UTC+0). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
WAT is 1 hour ahead of EGST.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, WAT is 2 hours ahead of WGST. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 27, 2027, WAT is 3 hours ahead of WGT.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WAT correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in WGST. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WAT correspond to 6:00 am to 3:00 pm in WGT.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in WAT correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in WGST. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in WAT correspond to 06:00 to 15:00 in WGT.
Compare WAT time with EGST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
West Africa Time is 2 hours ahead of Western Greenland Summer Time.
1:00 pm13:00 in WAT is 11:00 am11:00 in WGST
WAT to WGST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in WAT which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in WGST
1:00 pm13:00 West Africa Time (WAT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
11:00 am11:00 Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST). Offset UTC -1:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 WAT / 11:00 am11:00 WGST
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West Africa Time
Offset: WAT is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo
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
- +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 WAT
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Africa/Bangui
- Africa/Brazzaville
- Africa/Douala
- Africa/Kinshasa
- Africa/Lagos
- Africa/Libreville
- Africa/Luanda
- Africa/Malabo
- Africa/Ndjamena
- Africa/Niamey
- Africa/Porto-Novo
- 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
Eastern Greenland Summer Time
Offset: EGST is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
EGST representations, usage and related time zones
- Z - is the zone designator for the zero UTC/GMT offset, also known as 'Zulu' time
- +00 - basic short
- +0000 - basic
- +00:00 - extended
- +0000 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (00) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates the zero UTC/GMT offset.
- Zulu - Military abbreviation for EGST
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone