Time Zone History

Nigeria time zone history

The zone’s clock record is used in 10 countries and territories today. On standard time, clocks in Lagos run 46 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.

UTC+1

Standard time is UTC+1 (WAT) all year under the current rules.

tz database name Africa/Lagos

Convert a time from Nigeria

UTC+1 every day since 1970

UTC+0, UTC+0:13:35: behind today’s standard timeUTC+0:30: 30 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC+1: today’s standard timeUTC+0, UTC+0:13:35: behind today’sstandard timeUTC+0:30: 30 minutes behindtoday’s standard timeUTC+1: today’s standard time

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Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
July 1, 1905Local mean time (UTC+0:13:35) replacedUTC+0GMT
July 1, 1908Standard time forward 14 minutesUTC+0:13:35LMT
January 1, 1914Local mean time (UTC+0:13:35) replacedUTC+0:30numeric only
September 1, 1919Standard time forward 30 minutesUTC+1WAT

Also on UTC+1

Chad, Algeria, Ceuta (Spain), Gibraltar, Tunisia, Malta, Madrid (Spain), Andorra, Italy and Albania (nearest first; 10 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • São Tomé and Príncipe (774 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 365 days in 2018 and 2019.
  • Côte d’Ivoire (832 km): always 1 hour behind.
  • Chad (1,425 km): same time except 146 days in 1979 and 1980.
  • Liberia (1,567 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 736 days in 1970–1972.
  • Guinea-Bissau (2,168 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 1,826 days in 1970–1975.

How it compares

Nigeria has kept UTC+1 since 1919, with no clock changes since 1970.

Lagos kept local mean time (UTC+0:13:35) until 1905, the third-latest switch of the 21 zones on UTC+1 standard time.