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9:00 am09:00 CLST (UTC-3), Oct 24, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 PET (UTC-5), Oct 24, 2026

CLST is 2 hours ahead of PET.

CLST and PET examples

These examples always use CLST (UTC-3) and PET (UTC-5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

CLST is 2 hours ahead of PET.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, CLST is 2 hours ahead of PET. From Apr 4 to Sep 5, 2027, CLT is 1 hour ahead of PET.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CLST correspond to 7:00 am to 4:00 pm in PET. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CLT correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in PET.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CLST correspond to 07:00 to 16:00 in PET. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in CLT correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in PET.

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

Time Difference

Chile Summer Time is 2 hours ahead of Peru Time.
9:00 am09:00 in CLST is 7:00 am07:00 in PET

CLST to PET call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-6pm11:00-18:00 in CLST which corresponds to 9am-4pm09:00-16:00 in PET

9:00 am09:00 Chile Summer Time (CLST). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 Peru Time (PET). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

9:00 am09:00 CLST / 7:00 am07:00 PET

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Chile Summer Time

Offset: CLST is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Chile

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CLST time zone is Santiago in Chile, with about 4.837 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Antofagasta, Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Puerto Montt.

Map of the areas on Chile Summer Time (CLST)
CLST part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on CLST.

Daylight Saving: Chile Summer Time (CLST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Chile Standard Time (CLT).

123456789101112Start: Chile Summer Time (CLST) started on Sunday, September 6, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, September 6, 2026, 1:00 am01:00.

123456789101112End: Chile Summer Time (CLST) ends on Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Saturday, April 3, 2027, 11:00 pm23:00 local standard time instead.

See Chile daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CLST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -03 - basic short
  • -0300 - basic
  • -03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Papa - Military abbreviation for CLST
  • P - short form of 'Papa'
Time zones with the GMT -3 offset:
  • ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
  • PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
  • AMST - Amazon Summer Time
  • ART - Argentina Time
  • BRT - Brasilia Time
  • CLST - Chile Summer Time
  • FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
  • FKT - Falkland Islands Time
  • GFT - French Guiana Time
  • P - Papa Time Zone
  • PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • SRT - Suriname Time
  • UYT - Uruguay Time

Peru Time

Offset: PET is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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 Callao, Arequipa, Trujillo, Piura.

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; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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