View clocks showing current time in capital cities of South American countries and the GMT clock
Time differences or offsets between various time zones in South America and GMT/UTC range from 2 to 5 hours, and, as they are all east of the Prime Meridian or longitude zero, the offset has minus sign in front of it.
Some South American countries do not observe DST, scroll down for a table of time zone abbreviations and offsets,for each country and territory.
TZ abbr | Country / territory | Standard | DST |
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ART | Argentina | GMT-3 | NO DST |
BOT | Bolivia | GMT-4 | NO DST |
BRT/BRST | Brazil - Brasilia Time | GMT-3 | NO DST |
AMT/AMST | Brazil - Amazon Time | GMT-4 | NO DST |
ACT | Brazil - Acre Time | GMT-5 | NO DST |
FNT | Brazil - Fernando de Nororonha | GMT-2 | NO DST |
CLT/CLST | Chile | GMT-4 | GMT-3 |
EAST/EASST | Chile, Easter Island | GMT-6 | GMT-5 |
COT | Colombia | GMT-4 | NO DST |
ECT | Ecuador | GMT-5 | NO DST |
PYT/PYST | Paraguay | GMT-4 | GMT-3 |
PET | Peru | GMT-5 | NO DST |
SRT | Suriname | GMT-3 | NO DST |
UYT/UYST | Uruguay | GMT-3 | NO DST |
VET | Venezuela | GMT-4 | NO DST |
FKT/FKST | Falkland Islands | GMT-3 | NO DST |
GYT | Guyana | GMT-4 | NO DST |
GFT | French Guiana | GMT-3 | NO DST |
SRT | South Georgia and Sandwich Islands | GMT-2 | NO DST |