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America/Lima

America/Lima is the IANA time zone for Peru.

UTC−05:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC−5 PET

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC−05:00
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC−5 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
Peru Standard Time
Abbreviation
PET
Long name
Peru Standard Time

Use it in code

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/Lima' })

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('America/Lima')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'America/Lima';

Cities in America/Lima

Also in this zone: Piura, Chiclayo, Huancayo, Cusco, Iquitos, Pucallpa, Chimbote, Tacna, Ica, Juliaca, Cajamarca, Huánuco, Santa Anita - Los Ficus, Sullana.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1985: UTC−5
  • 1986–1987: UTC−5 and UTC−4 each year
  • 1988–1989: UTC−5
  • 1990: UTC−5 and UTC−4 during the year
  • 1991–1993: UTC−5
  • 1994: UTC−5 and UTC−4 during the year
  • 1995–2026: UTC−5

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