EAT to WAT Converter
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EAT and WAT examples
These examples always use EAT (UTC+3) and WAT (UTC+1). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
EAT is 2 hours ahead of WAT.
How the time difference changes
EAT is 2 hours ahead of WAT year-round.
Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in EAT correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in WAT.
Compare EAT time with WAT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Eastern Africa Time is 2 hours ahead of West Africa Time
3:00 pm15:00 in EAT is 1:00 pm13:00 in WAT
EAT to WAT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-5pm in EAT which corresponds to 9am-3pm in WAT
3:00 pm15:00 Eastern Africa Time (EAT). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 West Africa Time (WAT). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
3:00 pm15:00 EAT / 1:00 pm13:00 WAT
| EAT | WAT |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 10pm |
| 1am | 11pm |
| 2am | 12am (midnight) |
| 3am | 1am |
| 4am | 2am |
| 5am | 3am |
| 6am | 4am |
| 7am | 5am |
| 8am | 6am |
| 9am | 7am |
| 10am | 8am |
| 11am | 9am |
| 12pm (noon) | 10am |
| 1pm | 11am |
| 2pm | 12pm (noon) |
| 3pm | 1pm |
| 4pm | 2pm |
| 5pm | 3pm |
| 6pm | 4pm |
| 7pm | 5pm |
| 8pm | 6pm |
| 9pm | 7pm |
| 10pm | 8pm |
| 11pm | 9pm |
| 00:00 | 22:00 |
| 01:00 | 23:00 |
| 02:00 | 00:00 |
| 03:00 | 01:00 |
| 04:00 | 02:00 |
| 05:00 | 03:00 |
| 06:00 | 04:00 |
| 07:00 | 05:00 |
| 08:00 | 06:00 |
| 09:00 | 07:00 |
| 10:00 | 08:00 |
| 11:00 | 09:00 |
| 12:00 | 10:00 |
| 13:00 | 11:00 |
| 14:00 | 12:00 |
| 15:00 | 13:00 |
| 16:00 | 14:00 |
| 17:00 | 15:00 |
| 18:00 | 16:00 |
| 19:00 | 17:00 |
| 20:00 | 18:00 |
| 21:00 | 19:00 |
| 22:00 | 20:00 |
| 23:00 | 21:00 |
Eastern Africa Time
Offset: EAT is 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries using this time zone: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Comoros, Madagascar, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Mayotte
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EAT time zone is Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, with about 5.384 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Mogadishu, Kampala.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Eastern Africa Time (EAT) do not change for daylight saving time, so EAT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
EAT representations, usage and related time zones
- +03 - basic short
- +0300 - basic
- +03:00 - extended
- +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Charlie - Military abbreviation for EAT
- C - short form of 'Charlie'
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Africa/Asmara
- Africa/Asmera
- Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Africa/Djibouti
- Africa/Kampala
- Africa/Mogadishu
- Africa/Nairobi
- Indian/Antananarivo
- Indian/Comoro
- Indian/Mayotte
- EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
- MSK - Moscow Standard Time
- AST - Arabia Standard Time
- C - Charlie Time Zone
- EAT - Eastern Africa Time
- FET - Further Eastern European Time
- IDT - Israel Daylight Time
- TRT - Turkey Time
West Africa Time
Offset: WAT is 1 hour ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Africa
Countries using this time zone: Angola, Benin, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Central African Rep., Congo (Rep.), Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Chad
Principal Cities: The largest city in the WAT time zone is Kinshasa in 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.
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