Peru Time (PET) is the official time in

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

. It is always 5 hours behind

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( UTC−05:00).Worldtimezone.co
Time zone names - Peru Time
Retrieved December 28, 2007 Peru has only one

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and does not observe

daylight saving time Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time, daylight time (Daylight saving time in the United States, United States and Daylight saving time in Canada, Canada), or summer time (British Summer Time, United Kingdom, ...

. During roughly April to October, Peruvian Time is the same as North American Central Time, while during roughly October to April, it is the same as North American

Eastern Time The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. * Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behi ...

IANA time zone database

In the IANA time zone database Peru has the following time zone: *America/Lima (PE)

References

External links

GMT: Greenwich Mean Time - World Time / Time in every Time Zone

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