IANA tz database · zone identifier

America/Lima

The IANA tz database identifier for Peru Standard Time in Peru. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC-05:00Abbreviation -05No daylight saving
Time in America/Lima☀ Daylight
17:59:59
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Offset
UTC-05:00
Abbreviation
-05
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC-05:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

-05

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

None

one offset all year

Country

🇵🇪 Peru

ISO 3166: PE · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

America/Lima is the identifier to use in code and config for this region. Every modern language, database, and OS resolves it through the same tz database, so the examples here behave identically everywhere.

Avoid storing -05 or -05:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
timeZone: 'America/Lima',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
32 years.

America/Lima has kept UTC-05:00 year-round since 31 March 1994 — no daylight saving and no offset changes on record since. It is among the most stable identifiers in the database.

Every offset this zone has kept

−05:08:12UTC-05:00 · UNCHANGED 31 March 1994 NOW

Keeping this offset since

31 March 1994

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC − 5h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database · release 2026d

IdentifierAmerica/Lima
ISO country codePE🇵🇪 Peru
Reference coordinates12.05°S, 77.05°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC-05:00abbreviation -05
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

All of Peru, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Lima or Peru Standard Time.

🇵🇪
Peru

34M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to America/Lima.

Country page →
🇵🇪 Lima
17:59
17:59:59 · -05
pop. 9.9MPST
🇵🇪 Arequipa
17:59
17:59:59 · -05
pop. 1MPST
🇵🇪 Trujillo
17:59
17:59:59 · -05
pop. 920KPST

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC-05:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Frequently asked questions

Answers specific to this identifier — generated from the database record. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What UTC offset is America/Lima?
America/Lima is UTC-05:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does America/Lima observe daylight saving time?
No. America/Lima stays on UTC-05:00 all year, as it has since 31 March 1994.
Which country uses America/Lima?
Peru. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is America/Lima the same as PST?
America/Lima is one of the IANA zones that keeps Peru Standard Time (PST). Use America/Lima in software — PST is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Its live offset, abbreviation and DST status, plus its coordinates and country, from one endpoint.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones/America/Lima
{
"data": {
"iana": "America/Lima",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "PE", "name": "Peru" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "-05:00",
"abbreviation": "-05",
…
},
…
}
}