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Africa/Ndjamena

Africa/Ndjamena is the IANA time zone for Chad.

UTC+01:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+1 WAT

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/Ndjamena' })

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('Africa/Ndjamena')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Africa/Ndjamena';

Cities in Africa/Ndjamena

Also in this zone: Moundou, Abéché, Sarh, Am Timan, Doba, Pala, Bongor, Goz Beida, Koumra, Mongo, Bol, Mao, Faya-Largeau, Massakory, Moussoro, Biltine, Ati.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1978: UTC+1
  • 1979–1980: UTC+1 and UTC+2 each year
  • 1981–2026: UTC+1

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