Africa/Lagos

The current local time and date in the Africa/Lagos time zone.

UTC+01:00

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Timezone Profile

Daylight Saving TimeNot available
IANA TimezoneAfrica/Lagos
Offset+01:00

Countries using the Africa/Lagos time zone are 🇦🇴 Angola, 🇧🇯 Benin, 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo, 🇨🇫 Central African Republic, 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo, 🇨🇲 Cameroon, 🇬🇦 Gabon, 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea, 🇳🇪 Niger, and 🇳🇬 Nigeria.

Standard Time Available

WAT · West Africa Time
UTC+01:00

UTC

Daylight Saving Time
DST is not observed

Date and Time Format Standards

The table provides a side-by-side comparison of different date and time format standards. Each row represents a unique format standard such as ATOM, COOKIE, ISO, and RFC, among others.
Format
Date and Time
ATOM2026-04-14T13:41:52.983+01:00
COOKIETue, 14 Apr 2026 13:41:52 +0100
HTTPTue, 14 Apr 2026 12:41:52 GMT
ISO2026-04-14T13:41:52.983+01:00
ISO 86012026-04-14T13:41:52.983+01:00
MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss04-14-2026 13:41:52
MongoDB2026-04-14T12:41:52.983Z
MySQL DATETIME2026-04-14 13:41:52
RFC 1036Tue, 14 Apr 26 13:41:52 +0100
RFC 1123Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:41:52 +0100
RFC 2822Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:41:52 +0100
RFC 33392026-04-14T13:41:52+0100
RFC 7231Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:41:52 GMT+1
RFC 822Tue, 14 Apr 26 13:41:52 +0100
RFC 850Tuesday, 14-Apr-26 13:41:52 GMT+1
RSSTue, 14 Apr 2026 13:41:52 +0100
SQL2026-04-14 13:41:52.983 +01:00
SQL Time13:41:52.983 +01:00
UTC2026-04-14T12:41:52.983Z
Unix Epoch1776170512
W3C2026-04-14T13:41:52+01:00
dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss14-04-2026 13:41:52
yyyy-dd-MM HH:mm:ss2026-14-04 13:41:52
yyyy-dd-MM hh:mm:ss a2026-14-04 01:41:52 PM

Related Time Zones

A table with a list of time zones that have the same time offset. Including name and time zone abbreviations.

There are 32 time zones in the table.
IANA Timezone
Offset Name
Abbr
Africa/AlgiersCentral European Standard TimeGMT+1
Africa/BanguiWest Africa Standard TimeGMT+1
Africa/BrazzavilleWest Africa Standard TimeGMT+1
Africa/CasablancaGMT+01:00GMT+1
Africa/DoualaWest Africa Standard TimeGMT+1
Africa/El_AaiunGMT+01:00GMT+1
Africa/KinshasaWest Africa Standard TimeGMT+1
Africa/LagosWest Africa Standard TimeGMT+1
Africa/LibrevilleWest Africa Standard TimeGMT+1
Africa/LuandaWest Africa Standard TimeGMT+1
Africa/MalaboWest Africa Standard TimeGMT+1
Africa/NdjamenaWest Africa Standard TimeGMT+1
Africa/NiameyWest Africa Standard TimeGMT+1
Africa/Porto-NovoWest Africa Standard TimeGMT+1
Africa/TunisCentral European Standard TimeGMT+1
Atlantic/CanaryWestern European Summer TimeGMT+1
Atlantic/FaeroeWestern European Summer TimeGMT+1
Atlantic/FaroeWestern European Summer TimeGMT+1
Atlantic/MadeiraWestern European Summer TimeGMT+1
EireIrish Standard TimeGMT+1
Etc/GMT-1GMT+01:00GMT+1
Europe/BelfastBritish Summer TimeGMT+1
Europe/DublinIrish Standard TimeGMT+1
Europe/GuernseyGMT+01:00GMT+1
Europe/Isle_of_ManGMT+01:00GMT+1
Europe/JerseyGMT+01:00GMT+1
Europe/LisbonWestern European Summer TimeGMT+1
Europe/LondonBritish Summer TimeGMT+1
GBBritish Summer TimeGMT+1
GB-EireBritish Summer TimeGMT+1
PortugalWestern European Summer TimeGMT+1
WETWestern European Summer TimeGMT+1

For Developers

php


<?php

// Solution 1
// Set the default time zone
date_default_timezone_set('Africa/Lagos');

// Solution 2
// Use this to get the current date and time in the specified time zone.
$timezone = new DateTimeZone('Africa/Lagos');
// Create a new DateTime object
$date = new DateTime('now', $timezone);
// Print the current date and time
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'); // 2023-01-01 00:00:00

python


# Solution 1
# Set the default time zone
from datetime import datetime
# Import the pytz module
import pytz
  
# Create a timezone object
tz = pytz.timezone("Africa/Lagos")
# Get the current time
time_now = datetime.now(tz)
# Format the current time
current_time = time_now.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
  
# Print the current time
print("The current time:", current_time) # The current time: 00:00:00

javascript


/* 
* Solution 1
* Set the default time zone
*/
const date = new Date();
/* 
* Use the toLocaleString() method to get the current date and time in the specified time zone.
*/
const currentTime = date.toLocaleString("en-us", {timeZone: "Africa/Lagos"});
/* 
* Print the current date and time
*/
console.log(currentTime); // 1/1/2023, 12:00:00 AM