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7:00 am07:00 PET (UTC-5), Oct 13, 2026 = 5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 13, 2026

PET is 2 hours ahead of PDT.

PET and PDT examples

These examples always use PET (UTC-5) and PDT (UTC-7). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PET is 2 hours ahead of PDT.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PET is 2 hours ahead of PDT. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PET is 3 hours ahead of PST.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PET correspond to 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PET correspond to 6:00 am to 2:00 pm in PST.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PET correspond to 07:00 to 15:00 in PDT. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PET correspond to 06:00 to 14:00 in PST.

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

Time Difference

Peru Time is 2 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time.
7:00 am07:00 in PET is 5:00 am05:00 in PDT

PET to PDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 11am-5pm11:00-17:00 in PET which corresponds to 9am-3pm09:00-15:00 in PDT

7:00 am07:00 Peru Time (PET). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 PET / 5:00 am05:00 PDT

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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

Pacific Daylight Time

Offset: PDT is 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PDT time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.

French: HAP - Heure Avancée du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Zona Noroeste

Map of the areas on Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
PDT part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on PDT.

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

123456789101112Start: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) started 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. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) ends 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 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

PDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -07 - basic short
  • -0700 - basic
  • -07:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0700 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (07) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of seven hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Tango - Military abbreviation for PDT
  • T - short form of 'Tango'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific
Time zones with the GMT -7 offset:
  • MST - Mountain Standard Time
  • PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
  • YST - Yukon Standard Time
  • T - Tango Time Zone