Time in Cameroon
Time in Cameroon is given by a single time zone, officially denoted as West Africa Time (WAT; UTC+01:00).[1][2] Cameroon adopted WAT on 1 January 1912 as Cameroun,[3] and has never observed daylight saving time.[1]
| Time in Cameroon | |
|---|---|
| Time zone | West Africa Time |
| Initials | WAT |
| UTC offset | UTC+01:00 |
| Adopted | 1 January 1912 |
| Daylight saving time | |
| DST not observed | |
| tz database | |
| Africa/Douala | |
IANA time zone database
In the IANA time zone database, Cameroon is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Douala. "CM" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Cameroon directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:[4]
| c.c.* | coordinates* | TZ* | Comments | UTC offset | DST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM | +0403+00942 | Africa/Douala | +01:00 | +01:00 |
References
- Cameroon Time Zone. TimeTemperature.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- Cameroon. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). "time difference: UTC+2". Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- Gould, Ralph Edgar (1935) "Standard Time Throughout the World. U.S.". United States National Bureau of Standards. Government Printing Office. p. 3. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- Africa at the tz database. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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