What is WAT in NZST?
New Zealand Time is 12 hours ahead
Convert a time
NZDT — New Zealand Time
11:00 pm
NZDT, Fri
- Time in Lagos
- 11:01:00 AM
- Time in Auckland
- 11:01:00 PM
- Difference
- +12 h
- Next clock change
- April 4, 2027
When the difference changes
West Africa Time and New Zealand 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 – April 3, 2027New Zealand Time is 12 hours ahead
- April 3, 2027 – September 25, 2027New Zealand Time is 11 hours ahead
- September 25, 2027 – onwardsNew Zealand Time is 12 hours ahead
Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours 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.
New Zealand Time
Clocks go back one hour — 3:00 am becomes 2:00 am local time, and the zone is on NZST after that.
WAT to NZST conversion table
Every hour of Friday, November 13, 2026, converted from West Africa Time to New Zealand Time. 12 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Auckland, which is marked.
- 12:00 am WAT
- 12:00 pm NZDT
- 1:00 am WAT
- 1:00 pm NZDT
- 2:00 am WAT
- 2:00 pm NZDT
- 3:00 am WAT
- 3:00 pm NZDT
- 4:00 am WAT
- 4:00 pm NZDT
- 5:00 am WAT
- 5:00 pm NZDT
- 6:00 am WAT
- 6:00 pm NZDT
- 7:00 am WAT
- 7:00 pm NZDT
- 8:00 am WAT
- 8:00 pm NZDT
- 9:00 am WAT
- 9:00 pm NZDT
- 10:00 am WAT
- 10:00 pm NZDT
- 11:00 am WAT
- 11:00 pm NZDT
- 12:00 pm WAT
- 12:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 1:00 pm WAT
- 1:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 2:00 pm WAT
- 2:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 3:00 pm WAT
- 3:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 4:00 pm WAT
- 4:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 5:00 pm WAT
- 5:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 6:00 pm WAT
- 6:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 7:00 pm WAT
- 7:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 8:00 pm WAT
- 8:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 9:00 pm WAT
- 9:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 10:00 pm WAT
- 10:00 am NZDT+1 day
- 11:00 pm WAT
- 11:00 am NZDT+1 day
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Lagos and one in Auckland — 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 Auckland.
West Africa Time (WAT) is used in Nigeria, Algeria, Angola and Cameroon
Other conversions
- NZST to WAT
- WAT to UTC
- WAT to GMT
- WAT to EST
- WAT to CST
- WAT to MST
- WAT to PST
- WAT to AKST
- WAT to HST
- WAT to BST
- WAT to CET
- WAT to IST
- WAT to CST (China)
- WAT to JST
- WAT to AEST
- WAT to AST
- WAT to Mexico City
- WAT to BRT
- WAT to ART
- WAT to EET
- WAT to WET
- WAT to MSK
- WAT to TRT
- WAT to SAST
- WAT to EAT
- WAT to GST
- WAT to PKT
- WAT to ICT
- WAT to WIB
- WAT to SGT
- WAT to HKT
- WAT to KST
- WAT to PHT
- WAT to AWST
- WAT to ACST
- All zones