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PET
Peru Time
GMT -5
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12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
AST
Atlantic Standard Time
GMT -4
12am
3am
6am
9am
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9pm

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PET and AST examples

These examples always use PET (UTC-5) and AST (UTC-4). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PET is 1 hour behind AST.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PET is 2 hours behind ADT. At other times of the year, PET is 1 hour behind AST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PET correspond to 11:00 am to 7:00 pm in ADT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PET correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in AST.

Compare PET time with AST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Peru Time is 1 hour behind Atlantic Standard Time
7:00 am07:00 in PET is 8:00 am08:00 in AST

PET to AST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-4pm in PET which corresponds to 10am-5pm in AST

7:00 am07:00 Peru Time (PET). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Atlantic Standard Time (AST). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 PET / 8:00 am08:00 AST

PETAST
12am (midnight)1am
1am2am
2am3am
3am4am
4am5am
5am6am
6am7am
7am8am
8am9am
9am10am
10am11am
11am12pm (noon)
12pm (noon)1pm
1pm2pm
2pm3pm
3pm4pm
4pm5pm
5pm6pm
6pm7pm
7pm8pm
8pm9pm
9pm10pm
10pm11pm
11pm12am (midnight)
00:0001:00
01:0002:00
02:0003:00
03:0004:00
04:0005:00
05:0006:00
06:0007:00
07:0008:00
08:0009:00
09:0010:00
10:0011:00
11:0012:00
12:0013:00
13:0014:00
14:0015:00
15:0016:00
16:0017:00
17:0018:00
18:0019:00
19:0020:00
20:0021:00
21:0022:00
22:0023:00
23:0000:00

Peru Time

Offset: PET is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America

Countries using this time zone: Peru

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PET time zone is Lima in Peru, with about 7.737 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Arequipa, Callao, La Mochica baja, Trujillo.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Peru Time (PET) do not change for daylight saving time, so PET stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

PET Time Zone Geo Map
PET timezone map

PET representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for PET
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone

Atlantic Standard Time

Offset: AST is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla, Aruba, Barbados, St Barthelemy, Bermuda, Caribbean NL, Canada, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Greenland, Guadeloupe, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Martin (French), Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St Maarten (Dutch), Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent, Virgin Islands (UK), Virgin Islands (US)

Principal Cities: The largest city in the AST time zone is Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic, with about 2.202 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo Oeste, San Juan, Halifax.

French: HNA - Heure Normale de l'Atlantique

Spanish: AST - Tiempo Estándar del Atlántico

AST Time Zone Geo Map
AST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Atlantic Standard Time (AST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Atlantic Standard Time (AST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

AST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -04 - basic short
  • -0400 - basic
  • -04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Quebec - Military abbreviation for AST
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
IANA/Olson: Reflects AST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Anguilla
  • America/Antigua
  • America/Aruba
  • America/Barbados
  • America/Blanc-Sablon
  • America/Curacao
  • America/Dominica
  • America/Glace_Bay
  • America/Goose_Bay
  • America/Grenada
  • America/Guadeloupe
  • America/Halifax
  • America/Kralendijk
  • America/Lower_Princes
  • America/Marigot
  • America/Martinique
  • America/Moncton
  • America/Montserrat
  • America/Port_of_Spain
  • America/Puerto_Rico
  • America/Santo_Domingo
  • America/St_Barthelemy
  • America/St_Kitts
  • America/St_Lucia
  • America/St_Thomas
  • America/St_Vincent
  • America/Thule
  • America/Tortola
  • America/Virgin
  • Atlantic/Bermuda
  • Canada/Atlantic
AST Abbreviation: Several time zones share AST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Atlantic Standard Time - UTC -4
  • Arabia Standard Time - UTC +3
Time zones with the GMT -4 offset:
  • AST - Atlantic Standard Time
  • EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
  • AMT - Amazon Time
  • BOT - Bolivia Time
  • CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
  • CLT - Chile Standard Time
  • FKT - Falkland Island Time
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time