WST to UTC Converter
Quick answers
For most of the year, WST is 1 hour ahead of UTC. During seasonal clock changes, WT and UTC have the same time.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WST correspond to 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in UTC. During seasonal clock changes, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in WT correspond to 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in UTC.
For example, 1:00 pm WST is 12:00 pm UTC. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 10am-5pm WST, which is 9am-4pm UTC.
Compare WST time with UTC time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Western Sahara Summer Time is 1 hour ahead of Universal Time Coordinated
1:00 pm13:00 in WST is 12:00 pm12:00 in UTC
WST to UTC call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm in WST which corresponds to 9am-4pm in UTC
1:00 pm13:00 Western Sahara Summer Time (WST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
12:00 pm12:00 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 WST / 12:00 pm12:00 UTC
| WST | UTC |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 11pm |
| 1am | 12am (midnight) |
| 2am | 1am |
| 3am | 2am |
| 4am | 3am |
| 5am | 4am |
| 6am | 5am |
| 7am | 6am |
| 8am | 7am |
| 9am | 8am |
| 10am | 9am |
| 11am | 10am |
| 12pm (noon) | 11am |
| 1pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 2pm | 1pm |
| 3pm | 2pm |
| 4pm | 3pm |
| 5pm | 4pm |
| 6pm | 5pm |
| 7pm | 6pm |
| 8pm | 7pm |
| 9pm | 8pm |
| 10pm | 9pm |
| 11pm | 10pm |
| 00:00 | 23:00 |
| 01:00 | 00:00 |
| 02:00 | 01:00 |
| 03:00 | 02:00 |
| 04:00 | 03:00 |
| 05:00 | 04:00 |
| 06:00 | 05:00 |
| 07:00 | 06:00 |
| 08:00 | 07:00 |
| 09:00 | 08:00 |
| 10:00 | 09:00 |
| 11:00 | 10:00 |
| 12:00 | 11:00 |
| 13:00 | 12:00 |
| 14:00 | 13:00 |
| 15:00 | 14:00 |
| 16:00 | 15:00 |
| 17:00 | 16:00 |
| 18:00 | 17:00 |
| 19:00 | 18:00 |
| 20:00 | 19:00 |
| 21:00 | 20:00 |
| 22:00 | 21:00 |
| 23:00 | 22:00 |
Western Sahara Summer Time
Offset: WST is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Daylight Saving: Western Sahara Summer Time (WST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Western Sahara Standard Time (WT).
Start: Western Sahara Summer Time (WST) started on Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, April 6, 2025, 3:00 am. Daylight saving starts annually on the first Sunday of April
End: Western Sahara Summer Time (WST) ends on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, February 15, 2026, 2:00 am local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the third Sunday of February
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
Universal Time Coordinated
Offset: UTC is 0 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Universal
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard that regulates clocks and time. It is successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For casual use, UTC is the same as GMT, but is used by the scientific community.
UTC is the time standard commonly used across the world since 1972. It is used in many technical fields, like aviation industry and meteorologists, also used to synchronize time across internet networks.
UTC 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 UTC
- Z - short form of 'Zulu'
- Etc/UCT
- Etc/UTC
- Etc/Universal
- Etc/Zulu
- UCT
- UTC
- Universal
- Zulu
- EGST - Eastern Greenland Summer Time
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
- WET - Western European Time
- AZOST - Azores Summer Time
- UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
- WT - Western Sahara Standard Time
- Z - Zulu Time Zone