What is AKST in WAT?
West Africa Time is 9 hours ahead
Alaska Time is on UTC−8:00 and West Africa Time is on UTC+1:00 right now. Alaska Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read AKDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Anchorage
- 6:56 pm
- Time in Lagos
- 3:56 am
- Difference
- +9 h
- Next clock change
- November 1, 2026
Convert a time
WAT — West Africa Time
3:00 am
Wed, the next day
When the difference changes
Alaska Time and West Africa Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:
- Now – November 1, 2026West Africa Time is 9 hours ahead
- November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027West Africa Time is 10 hours ahead
- March 14, 2027 – onwardsWest Africa Time is 9 hours ahead
Periods shorter than a day are not listed: both zones change at 2am in their own local time, so there are a few hours on each transition date when the gap is briefly something else.
Daylight saving
Alaska Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming AKST.
West Africa Time
West Africa Time stays on WAT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
AKST to WAT conversion table
Every hour of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, converted from Alaska Time to West Africa Time. 9 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Lagos, which is marked.
- 12:00 am AKDT
- 9:00 am WAT
- 1:00 am AKDT
- 10:00 am WAT
- 2:00 am AKDT
- 11:00 am WAT
- 3:00 am AKDT
- 12:00 pm WAT
- 4:00 am AKDT
- 1:00 pm WAT
- 5:00 am AKDT
- 2:00 pm WAT
- 6:00 am AKDT
- 3:00 pm WAT
- 7:00 am AKDT
- 4:00 pm WAT
- 8:00 am AKDT
- 5:00 pm WAT
- 9:00 am AKDT
- 6:00 pm WAT
- 10:00 am AKDT
- 7:00 pm WAT
- 11:00 am AKDT
- 8:00 pm WAT
- 12:00 pm AKDT
- 9:00 pm WAT
- 1:00 pm AKDT
- 10:00 pm WAT
- 2:00 pm AKDT
- 11:00 pm WAT
- 3:00 pm AKDT
- 12:00 am WAT+1 day
- 4:00 pm AKDT
- 1:00 am WAT+1 day
- 5:00 pm AKDT
- 2:00 am WAT+1 day
- 6:00 pm AKDT
- 3:00 am WAT+1 day
- 7:00 pm AKDT
- 4:00 am WAT+1 day
- 8:00 pm AKDT
- 5:00 am WAT+1 day
- 9:00 pm AKDT
- 6:00 am WAT+1 day
- 10:00 pm AKDT
- 7:00 am WAT+1 day
- 11:00 pm AKDT
- 8:00 am WAT+1 day
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Anchorage and one in Lagos — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Anchorage is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Lagos.
West Africa Time (WAT) is used in Nigeria, Algeria, Angola and Cameroon