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7:00 am07:00 PET (UTC-5), Oct 16, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 CDT (UTC-4), Oct 16, 2026

PET is 1 hour behind CDT.

PET and CDT examples

These examples always use PET (UTC-5) and CDT (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 CDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PET is 1 hour behind CDT Caribbean. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PET and CST Caribbean have the same time.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PET correspond to 10:00 am to 7:00 pm in CDT Caribbean. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PET correspond to 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in CST Caribbean.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PET correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in CDT Caribbean. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PET correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in CST Caribbean.

Compare PET time with CDT 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 Cuba Daylight Time.
7:00 am07:00 in PET is 8:00 am08:00 in CDT

PET to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in PET which corresponds to 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in CDT

7:00 am07:00 Peru Time (PET). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Cuba Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

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

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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

Cuba Daylight Time

Offset: CDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Cuba

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT time zone is Havana in Cuba, with about 2.164 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Santiago de Cuba, Camagüey, Holguín, Guantánamo.

Map of the areas on Cuba Daylight Time (CDT)
CDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on CDT.

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

123456789101112Start: Cuba Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Cuba Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 12:00 am00:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See Cuba daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CDT 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 CDT
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Havana
  • Cuba
CDT Abbreviation: Several time zones share CDT abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
  • Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
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
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time