Also known as: p – Papa Time, Papa
![Time zone map of P](http://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20210812051824im_/https://c.tadst.com/gfx/tzpage/p.1621130400.png?1432)
Areas with same time currently (UTC -3).
Currently has same time zone offset as P (UTC -3) but different time zone name.
Papa Time Zone (P) is 3 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a military time zone.
Where and When is P Observed?
Papa Time Zone is often used in aviation and the military as another name for UTC -3. Papa Time Zone is also commonly used at sea between longitudes 52.5° West and 37.5° West.
The letter P may be used as a suffix to denote a time being in the Papa Time Zone, such as 08:00P or 0800P. This is spoken as "zero eight hundred Papa".
Some places with the same time as Papa Time Zone
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
- Paramaribo, Suriname
- Punta Arenas, Chile
- Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Stanley, Falkland Islands
- Thule Air Base, Greenland
- Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
- Cayenne, French Guiana
- Hamilton, Bermuda
- Belém, Pará, Brazil
Only showing up to 16 cities, others may also be observing Papa Time Zone.
Other Time Zones in UTC -3
Some time zones exist that have the same offset as P, but can be found under a different name:
- ADT – Atlantic Daylight Time
- AMST – Amazon Summer Time
- ART – Argentina Time
- BRT – Brasília Time
- CLST – Chile Summer Time
- FKST – Falkland Islands Summer Time
- GFT – French Guiana Time
- PMST – Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- PYST – Paraguay Summer Time
- ROTT – Rothera Time
- SRT – Suriname Time
- UYT – Uruguay Time
- WARST – Western Argentine Summer Time
- WGT – West Greenland Time