Peru Time (PET) is always 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−05:00).Peru has only one time zone and does not observe daylight saving time. During the winter (summer in the Northern Hemisphere), Peruvian Time is the same as North American Central Time, while during the summer (winter in the Northern Hemisphere) it is akin to Eastern Time.
In the IANA time zone database Peru has the following time zone: