What is WAT in AKST?
Alaska Time is 9 hours behind
West Africa Time is on UTC+1:00 and Alaska Time is on UTC−8:00 right now. Alaska Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read AKDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Lagos
- 3:14 am
- Time in Anchorage
- 6:14 pm
- Difference
- −9 h
- Next clock change
- November 1, 2026
Convert a time
AKDT — Alaska Time
6:00 pm
Tue, the previous day
When the difference changes
West Africa Time and Alaska 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, 2026Alaska Time is 9 hours behind
- November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027Alaska Time is 10 hours behind
- March 14, 2027 – onwardsAlaska Time is 9 hours behind
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
West Africa Time
West Africa Time stays on WAT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
Alaska Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming AKST.
WAT to AKST conversion table
Every hour of Wednesday, September 23, 2026, converted from West Africa Time to Alaska Time. 9 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Anchorage, which is marked.
- 12:00 am WAT
- 3:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 1:00 am WAT
- 4:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 2:00 am WAT
- 5:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 3:00 am WAT
- 6:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 4:00 am WAT
- 7:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 5:00 am WAT
- 8:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 6:00 am WAT
- 9:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 7:00 am WAT
- 10:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 8:00 am WAT
- 11:00 pm AKDT−1 day
- 9:00 am WAT
- 12:00 am AKDT
- 10:00 am WAT
- 1:00 am AKDT
- 11:00 am WAT
- 2:00 am AKDT
- 12:00 pm WAT
- 3:00 am AKDT
- 1:00 pm WAT
- 4:00 am AKDT
- 2:00 pm WAT
- 5:00 am AKDT
- 3:00 pm WAT
- 6:00 am AKDT
- 4:00 pm WAT
- 7:00 am AKDT
- 5:00 pm WAT
- 8:00 am AKDT
- 6:00 pm WAT
- 9:00 am AKDT
- 7:00 pm WAT
- 10:00 am AKDT
- 8:00 pm WAT
- 11:00 am AKDT
- 9:00 pm WAT
- 12:00 pm AKDT
- 10:00 pm WAT
- 1:00 pm AKDT
- 11:00 pm WAT
- 2:00 pm AKDT
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Lagos and one in Anchorage — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Lagos is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Anchorage.
West Africa Time (WAT) is used in Nigeria, Algeria, Angola and Cameroon