WEST to CAT Converter

Time Difference

Western European Summer Time is 1 hours behind of Central Africa Time
So 5:30 pm17:30 in WEST is 6:30 pm18:30 in CAT

5:30 pm17:30 Western European Summer Time (WEST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
6:30 pm18:30 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

5:30 pm17:30 WEST / 6:30 pm18:30 CAT

Western European Summer Time

Offset: WEST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Europe

Countries: It is used in following countries: Spain, Faroe Islands, Portugal

Principal Cities: The largest city in the WEST timezone is Lisbon from Portugal with population about 517802 people. Other major cities in the area are Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Porto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Amadora

Daylight Saving: Western European Summer Time (WEST) is a daylight saving/summer timezone, however during winter some places switch clocks for one hour back and observe Western European Time (WET).

Start: Western European Summer Time (WEST) starts annually on the same date and time. and clocks were set one hour forward on Sunday, March 29, 2020, at 1:00 (1:00 am) local time.

End: Western European Summer Time (WEST) ends annually on the same date and time. and clocks are set one hour back on Sunday, October 25, 2020, at 2:00 (2:00 am) local time.

German: WESZ - Westeuropäische Sommerzeit

WEST 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 one hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.

• Alpha - Military abbreviation for WEST
• A - short form of 'Alpha'

• Atlantic/Canary
• Atlantic/Faeroe
• Atlantic/Faroe
• Atlantic/Madeira
• Europe/Lisbon
• Portugal
• WET

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
• +01 -

Central Africa Time

Offset: CAT is 2 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa

Countries: It is used in following countries: Burundi, Botswana, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT timezone is Khartoum from Sudan with population about 1.975 million people. Other major cities in the area are Harare, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Omdurman

Daylight Saving: Central Africa Time (CAT) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore CAT remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Central Africa Time remains the same

CAT 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 two hour and zero minutes time differences to the east of the zero meridian.

• Bravo - Military abbreviation for CAT
• B - short form of 'Bravo'

• Africa/Blantyre
• Africa/Bujumbura
• Africa/Gaborone
• Africa/Harare
• Africa/Khartoum
• Africa/Kigali
• Africa/Lubumbashi
• Africa/Lusaka
• Africa/Maputo
• Africa/Windhoek

Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:

• 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