West Africa Time

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{{Time zones of Africa}}

West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in west-central Africa.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldtimeserver.com/time-zones/wat/ | title = West Africa Time Zone - WAT | website= worldtimeserver.com | date = 8 January 2016 | access-date= 20 November 2019}} {{better source needed|date=November 2019}} 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:

• {{flag|Algeria}} (as Central European Time)
• {{flag|Angola}}
• {{flag|Benin}}
• {{flag|Cameroon}}
• {{flag|Central African Republic}}
• {{flag|Chad}}
• {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} (western provinces)
• {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
• {{flag|Gabon}}
• {{flag|Morocco}} (as Central European Time)
• {{flag|Niger}}
• {{flag|Nigeria}}
• {{flag|Republic of the Congo}}
• {{flag|Tunisia}} (as Central European Time)
• {{flag|Western Sahara}}

Countries west of Benin (except Morocco and Western Sahara) are in the UTC+00:00 time zone.