COT
Colombia Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
GALT
Galapagos Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

COT is 1 hour ahead of GALT. COT uses GMT -5, and GALT uses GMT -6 for this comparison.

For example, 7:00 am COT is 6:00 am GALT. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.

Best meeting overlap: 10am-5pm COT, which is 9am-4pm GALT.

Compare COT time with GALT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Colombia Time is 1 hour ahead of Galapagos Time
7:00 am07:00 in COT is 6:00 am06:00 in GALT

COT to GALT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-5pm in COT which corresponds to 9am-4pm in GALT

7:00 am07:00 Colombia Time (COT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Galapagos Time (GALT). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 COT / 6:00 am06:00 GALT

COTGALT
12am (midnight)11pm
1am12am (midnight)
2am1am
3am2am
4am3am
5am4am
6am5am
7am6am
8am7am
9am8am
10am9am
11am10am
12pm (noon)11am
1pm12pm (noon)
2pm1pm
3pm2pm
4pm3pm
5pm4pm
6pm5pm
7pm6pm
8pm7pm
9pm8pm
10pm9pm
11pm10pm
00:0023:00
01:0000:00
02:0001:00
03:0002:00
04:0003:00
05:0004:00
06:0005:00
07:0006:00
08:0007:00
09:0008:00
10:0009:00
11:0010:00
12:0011:00
13:0012:00
14:0013:00
15:0014:00
16:0015:00
17:0016:00
18:0017:00
19:0018:00
20:0019:00
21:0020:00
22:0021:00
23:0022:00

Colombia Time

Offset: COT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America

Countries using this time zone: Colombia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the COT time zone is Bogota in Colombia, with about 7.674 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cali, Medellin, Barranquilla, Cartagena.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Colombia Time (COT) do not change for daylight saving time, so COT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

COT Time Zone Geo Map
COT timezone map

COT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -05 - basic short
  • -0500 - basic
  • -05:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Romeo - Military abbreviation for COT
  • R - short form of 'Romeo'
Time zones with the GMT -5 offset:
  • CDT - Central Daylight Time
  • EST - Eastern Standard Time
  • ET - Eastern Time
  • COT - Colombia Time
  • CST - Cuba Standard Time
  • EASST - Easter Island Summer Time
  • ECT - Ecuador Time
  • PET - Peru Time
  • R - Romeo Time Zone

Galapagos Time

Offset: GALT is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: Ecuador

Daylight Saving: Clocks in Galapagos Time (GALT) do not change for daylight saving time, so GALT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

GALT Time Zone Geo Map
GALT timezone map

GALT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for GALT
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone