African time zones:
WST – Western Sahara Summer Time
Important
- WST is only used while Daylight Saving Time is active.
During this time of year, locations on WST are now on WT (Western Sahara Standard Time) instead.
Currently no cities are observing WST
El Aaiún will stay on WT until Sunday, April 28, 2013 going to WST
Locations going to WST later
Current time in El Aaiún: Monday, December 3, 2012 at 3:09:40 AM WTEl Aaiún will stay on WT until Sunday, April 28, 2013 going to WST
Find local time and time zone for a location
We recommend looking up by location name, not time zone name.Time zone offset: UTC + 1 hour
WST is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)Note that WST is a daylight saving time/summer time zone. It is generally only used during the summer in the places listed below, during the winter WT is used instead
Time zone abbreviation: WST
Full name is Western Sahara Summer TimeEmail time zone indicator: +0100
An email sent from someone in the WST time zone will have the time zone listed as "+0100" in the headers of the email. (However, "+0100" does not have to be in WST, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).
For actual dates DST might be observed, look at the examples belowWhere and when is WST observed?
Areas using WST in the summer and WT during the winter
- Western Sahara
Example location in WST
- El Aaiún - 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
- WAST - West Africa Summer Time
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- WET - Western European 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
