PET to EST Converter
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7:00 am07:00 PET (UTC-5), Oct 26, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 EDT (UTC-4), Oct 26, 2026
PET is 1 hour behind EDT.
PET and EST (US winter time, UTC-5) examples
These examples always use PET (UTC-5) and EST (UTC-5). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
PET and EST have the same local time.
EST is US Eastern winter time (early November to mid-March). The rest of the year New York uses EDT (UTC-4), one hour later. For Eastern Time that follows daylight saving time, use PET to ET. For daylight-time examples, use PET to EDT.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PET is 1 hour behind EDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PET and EST 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 EDT. 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 EST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PET correspond to 10:00 to 19:00 in EDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PET correspond to 09:00 to 18:00 in EST.
Compare PET time with EST 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 Eastern Daylight Time.
7:00 am07:00 in PET is 8:00 am08:00 in EDT
PET to EDT 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 EDT
7:00 am07:00 Peru Time (PET). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 PET / 8:00 am08:00 EDT
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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
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -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.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for PET
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- 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
Eastern Standard Time
Offset: EST is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the EST time zone is New York City in the United States, with about 8.804 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Toronto, Montréal, Philadelphia, Port-au-Prince.
French: HNE - Heure Normale de l'Est
Spanish: ET - Tiempo del Este, ET - Zona Sureste
Today the lighter areas are on UTC−4 (EDT).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
End: Eastern Standard Time (EST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
Start: Eastern Standard Time (EST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
EST representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -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.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for EST
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- America/Atikokan
- America/Cancun
- America/Cayman
- America/Coral_Harbour
- America/Detroit
- America/Fort_Wayne
- America/Grand_Turk
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- America/Indiana/Marengo
- America/Indiana/Petersburg
- America/Indiana/Vevay
- America/Indiana/Vincennes
- America/Indiana/Winamac
- America/Indianapolis
- America/Iqaluit
- America/Jamaica
- America/Kentucky/Louisville
- America/Kentucky/Monticello
- America/Louisville
- America/Montreal
- America/Nassau
- America/New_York
- America/Nipigon
- America/Panama
- America/Pangnirtung
- America/Port-au-Prince
- America/Thunder_Bay
- America/Toronto
- Canada/Eastern
- EST
- EST5EDT
- Jamaica
- US/East-Indiana
- US/Eastern
- US/Michigan
- 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