In which country is the Africa/Lagos timezone located?

The timezone Africa/Lagos is mainly used in Nigeria .

What is the IANA identifier for this region?

The official IANA identifier is Africa/Lagos . This code is used for time calculation in all common operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS).

What is the time difference of Africa/Lagos to UTC?

The current time difference for Africa/Lagos is exactly UTC+01:00 .

Timezone

Africa/Lagos

UTC +01:00 WAT DST off

04:39:48

Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 4:39:48 AM

Wk 41

Day 281/365

Unix 1791430788

Day progress

since 00:00 04:39:48 until 24:00 19:20:12

Current time in Africa/Lagos

The details for Africa/Lagos are as follows. Also available via the API in JSON or plain text.

Local Time

Current Local Date/Time (ISO8601): 2026-10-08T04:39:48+0100
RFC 3339: 2026-10-08T04:39:48+01:00
RFC 2822: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:39:48 +0100
Ordinal Day of the Week: 4
Ordinal Day of the Year: 281
Ordinal Week Number: 41
ISO week date: 2026-W41-4
Quarter: 4
Epoch (milliseconds): 1791430788471

Timezone Details

Timezone: Africa/Lagos
Timezone Abbreviation: WAT
ISO-3166-2: NG
Country Name: Nigeria
Latitude: 6.45
Longitude: 3.4
Navigation Links: Google Maps Apple Maps OpenStreetMap
Other time zones using the abbreviation WAT: Africa/Bangui, Africa/Brazzaville, Africa/Douala, Africa/Kinshasa, Africa/Libreville, Africa/Luanda, Africa/Malabo, Africa/Ndjamena, Africa/Niamey and Africa/Porto-Novo

UTC

Current UTC Date/Time: 2026-10-08T03:39:48+0000
Local Time's UTC offset: +01:00
Display UTC offset: UTC+01:00
Local Time's UTC offset, in seconds: 3600
Unixtime: 1791430788

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Current status: Standard Time (winter)
Last change: —
Next change: —
Current offset: UTC+01:00

Calendar and time metadata

Leap year: false
Next leap year: 2028
Days in year: 365

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    "rfc3339": "2026-10-08T04:39:48+01:00",
    "rfc2822": "Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:39:48 +0100",
    "is_leap_year": false,
    "next_leap_year": 2028,
    "next_leap_year_including_this_year": 2028,
    "days_in_year": 365
}

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abbreviation: 'WAT'
datetime: '2026-10-08T04:39:48+0100'
day_of_week: 4
day_of_year: 281
week_number: 41
iso_week_date: '2026-W41-4'
quarter: 4
epoch_ms: 1791430788471
has_dst: false
is_dst: false
dst_last: NULL
dst_last_local: NULL
dst_last_utc: NULL
dst_next: NULL
dst_next_local: NULL
dst_next_utc: NULL
dst_offset: 3600
dst_from: NULL
dst_until: NULL
raw_offset: 3600
timezone: 'Africa/Lagos'
unixtime: 1791430788
utc_datetime: '2026-10-08T03:39:48+0000'
utc_offset: '+01:00'
display_utc_offset: 'UTC+01:00'
rfc3339: '2026-10-08T04:39:48+01:00'
rfc2822: 'Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:39:48 +0100'
is_leap_year: false
next_leap_year: 2028
next_leap_year_including_this_year: 2028
days_in_year: 365

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