ECT to ART Converter
Quick answers
ECT is 2 hours behind ART. ECT uses GMT -5, and ART uses GMT -3 for this comparison.
For example, 7:00 am ECT is 9:00 am ART. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 9am-3pm ECT, which is 11am-5pm ART.
Compare ECT time with ART time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Ecuador Time is 2 hours behind Argentina Time
7:00 am07:00 in ECT is 9:00 am09:00 in ART
ECT to ART call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-3pm in ECT which corresponds to 11am-5pm in ART
7:00 am07:00 Ecuador Time (ECT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 Argentina Time (ART). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 ECT / 9:00 am09:00 ART
| ECT | ART |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 2am |
| 1am | 3am |
| 2am | 4am |
| 3am | 5am |
| 4am | 6am |
| 5am | 7am |
| 6am | 8am |
| 7am | 9am |
| 8am | 10am |
| 9am | 11am |
| 10am | 12pm (noon) |
| 11am | 1pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 2pm |
| 1pm | 3pm |
| 2pm | 4pm |
| 3pm | 5pm |
| 4pm | 6pm |
| 5pm | 7pm |
| 6pm | 8pm |
| 7pm | 9pm |
| 8pm | 10pm |
| 9pm | 11pm |
| 10pm | 12am (midnight) |
| 11pm | 1am |
| 00:00 | 02:00 |
| 01:00 | 03:00 |
| 02:00 | 04:00 |
| 03:00 | 05:00 |
| 04:00 | 06:00 |
| 05:00 | 07:00 |
| 06:00 | 08:00 |
| 07:00 | 09:00 |
| 08:00 | 10:00 |
| 09:00 | 11:00 |
| 10:00 | 12:00 |
| 11:00 | 13:00 |
| 12:00 | 14:00 |
| 13:00 | 15:00 |
| 14:00 | 16:00 |
| 15:00 | 17:00 |
| 16:00 | 18:00 |
| 17:00 | 19:00 |
| 18:00 | 20:00 |
| 19:00 | 21:00 |
| 20:00 | 22:00 |
| 21:00 | 23:00 |
| 22:00 | 00:00 |
| 23:00 | 01:00 |
Ecuador Time
Offset: ECT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America
Countries using this time zone: Ecuador
Principal Cities: The largest city in the ECT time zone is Guayaquil in Ecuador, with about 1.952 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Quito, Cuenca, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Machala.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Ecuador Time (ECT) do not change for daylight saving time, so ECT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

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 an offset of five hours 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
Argentina Time
Offset: ART is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America
Countries using this time zone: Argentina
Principal Cities: The largest city in the ART time zone is Buenos Aires in Argentina, with about 13.076 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include La Plata, Mar del Plata, Quilmes, Moron.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Argentina Time (ART) do not change for daylight saving time, so ART stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.

ART representations, usage and related time zones
- -03 - basic short
- -0300 - basic
- -03:00 - extended
- -0300 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Papa - Military abbreviation for ART
- P - short form of 'Papa'
- ADT - Atlantic Daylight Time
- PMT - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- PMST - Pierre & Miquelon Standard Time
- AMST - Amazon Summer Time
- ART - Argentina Time
- BRT - BrasÃlia time
- CLST - Chile Summer Time
- FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
- GFT - French Guiana Time
- P - Papa Time Zone
- PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
- SRT - Suriname Time
- UYT - Uruguay Time
