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ECT
Ecuador Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
BOT
Bolivia Time
GMT -4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

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ECT and BOT examples

These examples always use ECT (UTC-5) and BOT (UTC-4). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

ECT is 1 hour behind BOT.

How the time difference changes

ECT is 1 hour behind BOT year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ECT correspond to 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in BOT.

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

Time Difference

Ecuador Time is 1 hour behind Bolivia Time
7:00 am07:00 in ECT is 8:00 am08:00 in BOT

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

7:00 am07:00 Ecuador Time (ECT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Bolivia Time (BOT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 ECT / 8:00 am08:00 BOT

ECTBOT
12am (midnight)1am
1am2am
2am3am
3am4am
4am5am
5am6am
6am7am
7am8am
8am9am
9am10am
10am11am
11am12pm (noon)
12pm (noon)1pm
1pm2pm
2pm3pm
3pm4pm
4pm5pm
5pm6pm
6pm7pm
7pm8pm
8pm9pm
9pm10pm
10pm11pm
11pm12am (midnight)
00:0001:00
01:0002:00
02:0003:00
03:0004:00
04:0005:00
05:0006:00
06:0007:00
07:0008:00
08:0009:00
09:0010:00
10:0011:00
11:0012:00
12:0013:00
13:0014:00
14:0015:00
15:0016:00
16:0017:00
17:0018:00
18:0019:00
19:0020:00
20:0021:00
21:0022:00
22:0023:00
23:0000:00

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 Time Zone Geo Map
ECT timezone map

ECT 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 ECT
  • 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

Bolivia Time

Offset: BOT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in South America

Countries using this time zone: Bolivia

Principal Cities: The largest city in the BOT time zone is Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia, with about 1.364 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cochabamba, La Paz, Sucre, Oruro.

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

BOT Time Zone Geo Map
BOT timezone map

BOT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -04 - basic short
  • -0400 - basic
  • -04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Quebec - Military abbreviation for BOT
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
Time zones with the GMT -4 offset:
  • AST - Atlantic Standard Time
  • EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
  • AMT - Amazon Time
  • BOT - Bolivia Time
  • CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
  • CLT - Chile Standard Time
  • FKT - Falkland Island Time
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time