African time zones:

WAST – West Africa Summer Time

Time zone offset: UTC + 2 hours

WAST is 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Note that WAST is a daylight saving time/summer time zone. It is generally only used during the summer in the places listed below, during the winter WAT is used instead

Time zone abbreviation: WAST

Full name is West Africa Summer Time

Email time zone indicator: +0200

An email sent from someone in the WAST time zone will have the time zone listed as "+0200" in the headers of the email. (However, "+0200" does not have to be in WAST, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).

For actual dates DST might be observed, look at the examples below

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Where and when is WAST observed?

Countries using WAST in the summer and WAT during the winter

• Namibia

Time zone maps are under development and will be available later

Example location in WAST

• Windhoek - This time zone offset is used during summer in this location

Other time zones in Africa

Go directly through the links below, or see the Africa time zone list

• CAT - Central Africa Time
• CET - Central European Time
• CVT - Cape Verde Time
• EAT - Eastern Africa Time
• EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
• EET - Eastern European Time
• GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
• MUT - Mauritius Time
• RET - Reunion Time
• SAST - South Africa Standard Time
• SCT - Seychelles Time
• WAT - West Africa Time
• WEST - Western European Summer Time
• WET - Western European Time
• WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
• WT - Western Sahara Standard Time

Time zones in other regions

• Antarctica
• Asia
• Atlantic
• Australia
• Caribbean
• Central America
• Europe
• Indian Ocean
• Military
• North America
• Pacific
• South America

Related links

• Time zone abbreviations world-wide
• The World Clock - Time Zones - current time around the world
• The World Clock - Time Zone Converter - Convert between time zones