| Time in the Central African Republic | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | West Africa Time |
| Initials | WAT |
| UTC offset | UTC+01:00 |
| Daylight saving time | |
| DST not observed | |
| tz database | |
| Africa/Bangui | |
The Central African Republic (CAR) observes a single time zone year-round, denoted as West Africa Time (WAT; UTC+01:00). [1]
In the IANA time zone database, the Central African Republic is given one zone in the file zone.tab—Africa/Bangui. "CF" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for the Central African Republic directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself: [2]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CF | +0422+01835 | Africa/Bangui | +01:00 | +01:00 |
time difference: UTC+1