America/Lima

Time zone identifier: America/Lima

Current civil offset: -05:00 (-05)

Current DST state: Observing Standard Time

First standard time adoption: Adopted on 1890-01-01

Local Mean Time (LMT): -05:08:12 based on geographic meridian

Total recorded transitions: 16 transitions across 4 distinct offsets

Associated countries: PE

Historical Offset Step Chart (1880 to Present)

Text summary: America/Lima shifted between 4 distinct offsets from 1890-01-01 through the modern era.

UTC Instant	Local Wall Time	Shift	Abbreviation	DST	Effect
`1890-01-01T05:08:12Z`	`1889-12-31 23:59:36`	-05:08:12 → -05:08:36	`LMT`	No	overlap
`1908-07-28T05:08:36Z`	`1908-07-28 00:08:36`	-05:08:36 → -05:00	`-05`	No	gap
`1938-01-01T05:00:00Z`	`1938-01-01 01:00:00`	-05:00 → -04:00	`-04`	Yes	gap
`1938-04-01T04:00:00Z`	`1938-03-31 23:00:00`	-04:00 → -05:00	`-05`	No	overlap
`1938-09-25T05:00:00Z`	`1938-09-25 01:00:00`	-05:00 → -04:00	`-04`	Yes	gap
`1939-03-26T04:00:00Z`	`1939-03-25 23:00:00`	-04:00 → -05:00	`-05`	No	overlap
`1939-09-24T05:00:00Z`	`1939-09-24 01:00:00`	-05:00 → -04:00	`-04`	Yes	gap
`1940-03-24T04:00:00Z`	`1940-03-23 23:00:00`	-04:00 → -05:00	`-05`	No	overlap
`1986-01-01T05:00:00Z`	`1986-01-01 01:00:00`	-05:00 → -04:00	`-04`	Yes	gap
`1986-04-01T04:00:00Z`	`1986-03-31 23:00:00`	-04:00 → -05:00	`-05`	No	overlap
`1987-01-01T05:00:00Z`	`1987-01-01 01:00:00`	-05:00 → -04:00	`-04`	Yes	gap
`1987-04-01T04:00:00Z`	`1987-03-31 23:00:00`	-04:00 → -05:00	`-05`	No	overlap
`1990-01-01T05:00:00Z`	`1990-01-01 01:00:00`	-05:00 → -04:00	`-04`	Yes	gap
`1990-04-01T04:00:00Z`	`1990-03-31 23:00:00`	-04:00 → -05:00	`-05`	No	overlap
`1994-01-01T05:00:00Z`	`1994-01-01 01:00:00`	-05:00 → -04:00	`-04`	Yes	gap
`1994-04-01T04:00:00Z`	`1994-03-31 23:00:00`	-04:00 → -05:00	`-05`	No	overlap

Source: southamerica (Lines 1818 to 1818)

Zone	NAME		STDOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]

tzdb guarantees accuracy for timestamps from 1970 onwards. Transitions prior to 1970 represent best-effort historical reconstructions.