Convert WAT to PDT
PDT is 8 hours behind WAT. WAT is UTC+1 and PDT is UTC−7.
Right now: WAT · PDT
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours do not overlap at all between WAT and PDT. Someone has to take an early or late call — or use asynchronous communication instead.
| WAT | PDT | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 1:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 10:00 AM | 2:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 11:00 AM | 3:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 12:00 PM | 4:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 2:00 PM | 6:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 3:00 PM | 7:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 4:00 PM | 8:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 5:00 PM | 9:00 AM | working hours |
WAT to PDT conversion table
| WAT | PDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 4:00 PM (previous day) |
| 1:00 AM | 5:00 PM (previous day) |
| 2:00 AM | 6:00 PM (previous day) |
| 3:00 AM | 7:00 PM (previous day) |
| 4:00 AM | 8:00 PM (previous day) |
| 5:00 AM | 9:00 PM (previous day) |
| 6:00 AM | 10:00 PM (previous day) |
| 7:00 AM | 11:00 PM (previous day) |
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 4:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 6:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 7:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 5:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 7:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 8:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 3:00 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 PDT
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) is UTC−7. It is used in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle from March to November.
Pacific Daylight Time is UTC−7, the summer clock for Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver. It is the zone most product launches and software release times are quoted in, and it is worth converting rather than eyeballing: PDT is eight hours behind British Summer Time, not seven, because both sides have moved.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
This gap is seasonal. The abbreviations themselves are fixed offsets, but the region on PDT switches to PST (UTC−8) from November to March. So the 8-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 PDT?
9:00 AM WAT is 1:00 AM PDT.
Is PDT ahead of WAT?
PDT is 8 hours behind WAT.
Which time zone does this use?
WAT is UTC+1 and PDT is UTC−7. 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.