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WAT to SAST: convert West Africa Time to South Africa Standard Time

SAST is 1 hour ahead of WAT all year.

Neither clock changes for daylight saving, so the gap never moves.

One instant, two local clocks

Drag one day across both zones

Shared instant12:00 UTC
Difference nowSAST is 1 hour ahead
WATWest Africa Time
13:00Thu, Jan 15
SASTSouth Africa Standard Time
14:00Thu, Jan 15
Approximate daylight 09:00 to 17:00 Selected local time

Both lanes show the same instant. Local dates, daylight, and offsets come from each IANA zone on the selected date, so daylight saving changes are included.

Right now

WAT: West Africa Time

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SAST: South Africa Standard Time

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Local times come from your browser's IANA time zone data.

WAT to SAST hour by hour

WATSAST
12:00 AM1:00 AM
1:00 AM2:00 AM
2:00 AM3:00 AM
3:00 AM4:00 AM
4:00 AM5:00 AM
5:00 AM6:00 AM
6:00 AM7:00 AM
7:00 AM8:00 AM
8:00 AM9:00 AM
9:00 AM10:00 AM
10:00 AM11:00 AM
11:00 AM12:00 PM
12:00 PM1:00 PM
1:00 PM2:00 PM
2:00 PM3:00 PM
3:00 PM4:00 PM
4:00 PM5:00 PM
5:00 PM6:00 PM
6:00 PM7:00 PM
7:00 PM8:00 PM
8:00 PM9:00 PM
9:00 PM10:00 PM
10:00 PM11:00 PM
11:00 PM12:00 AM (next day)

Scheduling a call between WAT and SAST

Standard business hours (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM) overlap from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in WAT, which is 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM in SAST.

SAST to WAT (reverse)Open the full converter

More WAT conversions

Offsets are computed from the IANA time zone database for January 15 and July 15 of the current year. WAT here means West Africa Time (West and Central Africa); SAST means South Africa Standard Time (South Africa).