ECT Converter
Use this ECT Converter page to check current local time, UTC and GMT offset, daylight saving details, related time zones, and popular time converter links.
Ecuador Time
Offset: ECT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America
Countries: It is used in following countries: Ecuador
Principal Cities: The largest city in the ECT timezone is Guayaquil from Ecuador with population about 1.952 million people. Other major cities in the area are Quito, Cuenca, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Machala
Daylight Saving: Ecuador Time (ECT) is not adjusted for daylight saving therefore ECT remains the same through out the year. This means, unlike some time zones where the clock is set forward by one hour every summer and backward by one hour during winter to adjust for daylight saving, Ecuador Time remains the same
ECT representations, usage and related time zones
- -05 - basic short
- -0500 - basic
- -05:00 - extended
- -0500 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates five hour and zero minutes time differences to the west of the zero meridian.
- Romeo - Military abbreviation for ECT
- R - short form of 'Romeo'
- 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