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Time zones of Africa:
Light Blue
Cape Verde Time[a] (UTC−1)
Blue
Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
Red
Central European Time
West Africa Time
(UTC+1)
Ochre
Central Africa Time
Eastern European Time
Egypt Standard Time
South African Standard Time
(UTC+2)
Green
East Africa Time (UTC+3)
Turquoise
Mauritius Time[b]
Seychelles Time[b]
(UTC+4)
a The islands of Cape Verde are to the west of the African mainland. b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.
West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in west-central Africa.[1] West Africa Time is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+01:00), which aligns it with Central European Time (CET) during winter, and Western European Summer Time (WEST) / British Summer Time (BST) during summer.
As most of this time zone is in the tropical region, there is little change in day length throughout the year and therefore daylight saving time is not observed.
West Africa Time is the time zone for the following countries:
Algeria (as Central European Time)
Angola
Benin
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo (western provinces)
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Morocco (as Central European Time)
Niger
Nigeria
Republic of the Congo
Tunisia (as Central European Time)
Western Sahara
Countries west of Benin (except Morocco and Western Sahara) are in the UTC±0 time zone. Civil time in most of those countries is defined with reference to Greenwich Mean Time[citation needed] (now an alias for UTC±0, rather than an independent reference).
^"West Africa Time Zone - WAT". worldtimeserver.com. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2019. [better source needed]
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Algeria (as Central European Time)
Angola
Benin
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo (western provinces)
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Morocco (as Central European Time)
Niger
Nigeria
Republic of the Congo
Tunisia (as Central European Time)
Western Sahara
