Papa Time Zone — P
Military letter P (Papa) maps to the UTC-3 offset from Coordinated Universal Time. Covers Argentina, Uruguay, and parts of Brazil.
Papa (P) — UTC-3
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT-3
About Papa
UTC offset
UTC-3
Letter P = Papa in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
Where P is used
Covers Argentina, Uruguay, and parts of Brazil.
Places on UTC-3 (P time) in 2026
37 zones in the tz database are at UTC-3 for at least part of 2026. Zones listed under January or July only are on this offset for part of the year, because they change their clocks for daylight saving time. Civil abbreviations at this offset: BRT, ART.
All year (29 zones)
Antarctica, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay
America/Araguaina · America/Argentina/La Rioja · America/Argentina/Rio Gallegos · America/Argentina/Salta · America/Argentina/San Juan · America/Argentina/San Luis · America/Argentina/Tucuman · America/Argentina/Ushuaia · America/Asuncion · America/Bahia · America/Belem · America/Buenos Aires · America/Catamarca · America/Cayenne · America/Cordoba · America/Coyhaique · America/Fortaleza · America/Jujuy · America/Maceio · America/Mendoza · America/Montevideo · America/Paramaribo · America/Punta Arenas · America/Recife · America/Santarem · America/Sao Paulo · Antarctica/Palmer · Antarctica/Rothera · Atlantic/Stanley
In January only (2 zones)
Chile, St. Pierre & Miquelon
America/Miquelon · America/Santiago
In July only (6 zones)
Bermuda, Canada, Greenland
America/Glace Bay · America/Goose Bay · America/Halifax · America/Moncton · America/Thule · Atlantic/Bermuda
Converting P time
In a military date-time group the zone letter follows the time: 151430P JAN 26 means 14:30 Papa time on 15 January 2026, which is 151730Z JAN 26 in Zulu (UTC).