Convert WAT to EDT
EDT is 5 hours behind WAT. WAT is UTC+1 and EDT is UTC−4.
Right now: WAT · EDT
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours overlap for 3 hours: 2:00 PM–5:00 PM WAT (9:00 AM–12:00 PM EDT). Schedule meetings inside that window.
| WAT | EDT | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 4:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 10:00 AM | 5:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 11:00 AM | 6:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 12:00 PM | 7:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 1:00 PM | 8:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 2:00 PM | 9:00 AM | working hours |
| 3:00 PM | 10:00 AM | working hours |
| 4:00 PM | 11:00 AM | working hours |
| 5:00 PM | 12:00 PM | working hours |
WAT to EDT conversion table
| WAT | EDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 7:00 PM (previous day) |
| 1:00 AM | 8:00 PM (previous day) |
| 2:00 AM | 9:00 PM (previous day) |
| 3:00 AM | 10:00 PM (previous day) |
| 4:00 AM | 11:00 PM (previous day) |
| 5:00 AM | 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 |
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.
About EDT
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is UTC−4. It is used in New York, Toronto, Miami and Atlanta from March to November.
Eastern Daylight Time is UTC−4, the summer clock for New York, Toronto, Miami and Atlanta, running from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November. Those dates are US law and do not match Europe's, which changes on the last Sundays of March and October — so for two weeks in March and one in late October the gap between New York and London is an hour different from its usual five.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
This gap is seasonal. The abbreviations themselves are fixed offsets, but the region on EDT switches to EST (UTC−5) from November to March. So the 5-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 WAT in EDT?
9:00 AM WAT is 4:00 AM EDT.
Is EDT ahead of WAT?
EDT is 5 hours behind WAT.
Which time zone does this use?
WAT is UTC+1 and EDT is UTC−4. 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.