Convert Eastern Time to West Africa Time
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EST · UTC−5 → WAT · UTC+1
EST is 6 hours behind WAT
Today New York City is on EDT (UTC−4) and Lagos on WAT (UTC+1), so right now New York City is 5 hours behind Lagos.
New York City · EDT
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Lagos · WAT
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
When are both sides at work?Each column is one hour of the day in the first city; the second row shows the same moment in the other city. Gold means office hours (09:00–18:00), dusk means awake but off work, night means asleep (23:00–07:00). Columns where both rows are gold are good meeting times.
Shared working hours: 09:00–13:00 in New York City is 14:00–18:00 in Lagos.
Working (09–18) Awake, off the clock Asleep (23–07)
Pick a time and share it
07:24 Wed 7 Oct New York City = 12:24 Wed 7 Oct Lagos
Hour-by-hour conversion
| New York City (EST)Every hour of today in the first city, with the matching time in the second. “Next day” means the calendar date is already tomorrow there. The highlighted row is right now. | Lagos (WAT) | |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 05:00 | |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | Now |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | Both at work |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | Both at work |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | Both at work |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | Both at work |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | |
| 19:00 | 00:00next day | |
| 20:00 | 01:00next day | |
| 21:00 | 02:00next day | |
| 22:00 | 03:00next day | |
| 23:00 | 04:00next day |
About this conversion
EST here means Eastern Time, represented by New York City (America/New_York), currently UTC−4. WAT means West Africa Time, represented by Lagos (Africa/Lagos), currently UTC+1.
EST is used by 10 zones, including United States. If you meant a different one, see every meaning of EST.
WAT is used by 11 zones, including Nigeria. See every meaning of WAT.
Working hours are shown as 09:00–18:00 local, and sleeping hours as 23:00–07:00. The hour table is anchored on the current day in New York City; day boundaries are marked where the date differs.
Quick answers
- 09:00 EST is 14:00 WAT
- 12:00 EST is 17:00 WAT
- 15:00 EST is 20:00 WAT
- 18:00 EST is 23:00 WAT
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- Eastern Time to Western European TimeEST → WET
- Eastern Time to West Greenland TimeEST → WGT
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- Fernando de Noronha Time to West Africa TimeFNT → WAT
- Mexican Pacific Time to West Africa TimeGMT-7 → WAT
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- Eastern Time to India TimeEST → IST
- India Time to West Africa TimeIST → WAT
- Time in New York Citynow, DST, offset
- Time in Lagosnow, DST, offset