WST to CAT Converter
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12:00 pm12:00 WT (UTC+0), Nov 8, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 CAT (UTC+2), Nov 8, 2026
WT is 2 hours behind CAT.
WST and CAT examples
These examples always use WST (UTC+1) and CAT (UTC+2). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
WST is 1 hour behind CAT.
How the time difference changes
In 2026, WST is 1 hour behind CAT for most of the year. From Feb 15 to Mar 22, 2026, and from Sep 20, 2026, WT is 2 hours behind CAT.
In 2026, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WST correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in CAT for most of the year. At other times that year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in WT correspond to 11:00 am to 8:00 pm in CAT.In 2026, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in WST correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in CAT for most of the year. At other times that year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in WT correspond to 11:00 to 20:00 in CAT.
Compare WST time with CAT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Western Sahara Standard Time is 2 hours behind Central Africa Time.
12:00 pm12:00 in WT is 2:00 pm14:00 in CAT
WT to CAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in WT which corresponds to 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in CAT.
12:00 pm12:00 Western Sahara Standard Time (WT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 Central Africa Time (CAT). Offset UTC +2:00 hours
12:00 pm12:00 WT / 2:00 pm14:00 CAT
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Western Sahara Summer Time
Offset: WST is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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 the two are the same. In the military, GMT is known as Zulu time. Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields, until the introduction of UTC in 1972.
WST 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 WST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Western Sahara Summer Time - UTC +1
- West Samoa Time - UTC +13
- 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
Central Africa Time
Offset: CAT is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Principal Cities: The largest city in the CAT time zone is Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 2.222 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Lusaka, Mbuji-Mayi, Khartoum, Omdurman.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Central Africa Time (CAT) do not change for daylight saving time, so CAT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
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 an offset of two hours 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/Juba
- Africa/Khartoum
- Africa/Kigali
- Africa/Lubumbashi
- Africa/Lusaka
- Africa/Maputo
- Africa/Windhoek
- 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