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1:00 pm13:00 WAT (UTC+1), Oct 16, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 EET (UTC+2), Oct 16, 2026

WAT is 1 hour behind Sirte.

How the time difference changes

WAT is 1 hour behind Sirte year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WAT correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in Sirte.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in WAT correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in Sirte.

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

Time Difference

West Africa Time is 1 hour behind EET (Eastern European Time).
1:00 pm13:00 in WAT is 2:00 pm14:00 in Sirte, Libya

WAT to Sirte call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in WAT which corresponds to 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in Sirte

1:00 pm13:00 West Africa Time (WAT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
2:00 pm14:00 EET (Eastern European Time) (Sirte, Libya). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

1:00 pm13:00 WAT / 2:00 pm14:00 Sirte, Libya

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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

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

Sirte Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
EET – Eastern European Time, UTC+2 (no daylight saving time)

Sirte Facts

Country
Libya
Alternative Names
Gasr Zaafran, Gasr Zaafrán, Macomades-Euphranta, Qasr Sirt, Qasr Za`faran, Qaşr Sirt, Qaşr Za‘farān, SRX, Sert, Sirt, Sirta, Sirte, Sirto, Surt, Surtaen, Surtas, Surtiaen, Surtiän, Surtän, Syrta, Syrte, Syrti, Szurt, Vilojati Surt, sileute, sirta, srt, su er te, su te, surti, suruto, syrt, Σύρτη, Вилояти Сурт, Сирт, Сурт, Сірт, סירת, سرت, شعبية سرت, सिर्त, სურთი, スルト, 苏尔特, 蘇爾特, 蘇特, 시르테
Population
106,705
Currency
Dinar (LYD)
Geographic Coordinates
31° 12' N Latitude / 16° 35' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+218