South American time zones:
BRT – Brasília time
Important
- Only some locations are currently on BRT, because most places there are currently on Daylight Saving Time.
Locations that are on BRT part of the year are currently on BRST (Brasilia Summer Time).
Current time in Belém
Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 11:35:54 PM BRT
Belém is on BRT all of year 2012Locations going to BRT later
Current time in Sao Paulo: Monday, December 3, 2012 at 12:35:54 AM BRSTSao Paulo will stay on BRST until Sunday, February 17, 2013 going to BRT
Find local time and time zone for a location
We recommend looking up by location name, not time zone name.Time zone offset: UTC - 3 hours
BRT is 3 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)Note that most places observe daylight saving time/summer time during summer, and are therefore using BRST instead in the summer. See below for details.
Time zone abbreviation: BRT
Full name is Brasília timeEmail time zone indicator: -0300
An email sent from someone in the BRT time zone will have the time zone listed as "-0300" in the headers of the email. (However, "-0300" does not have to be in BRT, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).
For actual dates DST might be observed, look at the examples belowWhere and when is BRT observed?
BRT is used all year
- Bahia
Areas using BRT in the winter and BRST during the summer
- Most regions - in South, the Southeast, and the Northeast
- São Paulo
Example locations in BRT
- Salvador - This time zone offset is used all year in this location
- São Paulo - This time zone offset is used during winter in this location
Other time zones in South America
Go directly through the links below, or see the South America time zone list- AMST - Amazon Summer Time
- AMT - Amazon Time
- ART - Argentina Time
- BOT - Bolivia Time
- BRST - Brasilia Summer Time
- CLST - Chile Summer Time
- CLT - Chile Standard Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- ECT - Ecuador Time
- FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
- FKT - Falkland Island Time
- FNT - Fernando de Noronha Time
- GFT - French Guiana Time
- GYT - Guyana Time
- PET - Peru Time
- PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
- PYT - Paraguay Time
- SRT - Suriname Time
- UYST - Uruguay Summer Time
- UYT - Uruguay Time
- VET - Venezuelan Standard Time
Time zones in other regions
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Asia
- Atlantic
- Australia
- Caribbean
- Central America
- Europe
- Indian Ocean
- Military
- North America
- Pacific
Related links
- Time zone abbreviations world-wide
- The World Clock - Time Zones - current time around the world
- The World Clock - Time Zone Converter - Convert between time zones