Africa/Lagos
Africa/Lagos is the IANA time zone for Nigeria.
UTC+01:00
Offsets and daylight saving time
- Standard offset
- UTC+01:00
- Rule
- No daylight saving time: UTC+1 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.
Names
- Generic name
- West Africa Time
- Abbreviation
- WAT
- Long name
- West Africa Time
Use it in code
// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Africa/Lagos' })
# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('Africa/Lagos')
-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Africa/Lagos';Cities in Africa/Lagos
Also in this zone: Zaria, Enugu, Warri, Alasia, Oyo.
Offset history since 1970
- 1970–2026: UTC+1