Convert CDT to WAT
WAT is 6 hours ahead of CDT. CDT is UTC−5 and WAT is UTC+1.
Right now: CDT · WAT
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 2 hours: 9:00 AM–11:00 AM CDT (3:00 PM–5:00 PM WAT). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| CDT | WAT | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 PM | working hours |
| 10:00 AM | 4:00 PM | working hours |
| 11:00 AM | 5:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 12:00 PM | 6:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 1:00 PM | 7:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 2:00 PM | 8:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 3:00 PM | 9:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 4:00 PM | 10:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
| 5:00 PM | 11:00 PM | outside 9–5 |
CDT to WAT conversion table
| CDT | WAT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 6:00 AM |
| 1:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| 2:00 AM | 8:00 AM |
| 3:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
| 4:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 5:00 AM | 11:00 AM |
| 6:00 AM | 12:00 PM |
| 7:00 AM | 1:00 PM |
| 8:00 AM | 2:00 PM |
| 9:00 AM | 3:00 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 4:00 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 5:00 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 6:00 PM |
| 1:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
| 2:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
| 4:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
| 5:00 PM | 11:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | 12:00 AM (next day) |
| 7:00 PM | 1:00 AM (next day) |
| 8:00 PM | 2:00 AM (next day) |
| 9:00 PM | 3:00 AM (next day) |
| 10:00 PM | 4:00 AM (next day) |
| 11:00 PM | 5:00 AM (next day) |
About CDT
Central Daylight Time (CDT) is UTC−5. It is used in Chicago, Dallas and Houston from March to November.
Central Daylight Time is UTC−5, the summer clock for Chicago, Dallas and Houston, from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November. Mexico is the complication: it abolished daylight saving nationally in 2022, so Mexico City stays on UTC−6 all year and is now an hour behind Chicago for eight months of the year rather than matching it.
About WAT
West Africa Time (WAT) is UTC+1. It is used in Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola and much of central and western Africa.
West Africa Time is UTC+1 all year, with no daylight saving anywhere that uses it. It covers Lagos, Kinshasa and Luanda — a very large population on a single fixed offset. It matches Central European Time in winter and falls an hour behind it in summer, which means a standing Europe–Nigeria meeting moves twice a year at the European end and never at the African one.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
This gap is seasonal. The abbreviations themselves are fixed offsets, but the region on CDT switches to CST (UTC−6) from November to March. So the 6-hour figure on this page is correct for the part of the year when both places are actually on these abbreviations, and changes by an hour outside it.
WAT does not shift, so the whole change comes from one side. A recurring meeting fixed in WAT will appear to move by an hour for everyone on the other side, twice a year, without anyone changing anything.
This is the reason scheduling systems store an IANA zone such as Region/City rather than an offset or an abbreviation: the zone knows its own rules and the offset does not.
Frequently asked questions
What time is 9:00 AM CDT in WAT?
9:00 AM CDT is 3:00 PM WAT.
Is WAT ahead of CDT?
WAT is 6 hours ahead of CDT.
Which time zone does this use?
CDT is UTC−5 and WAT is UTC+1. Both abbreviations denote a single fixed offset, so this conversion never shifts with daylight saving — what changes is which abbreviation a place is using at the time.