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7:00 am07:00 ECT (UTC-5), Oct 13, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 COT (UTC-5), Oct 13, 2026

ECT and Chía have the same local time.

How the time difference changes

ECT and Chia have the same time year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in ECT correspond to 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Chia.Working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in ECT correspond to 09:00 to 17:00 in Chia.

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

Time Difference

Ecuador Time and COT (Colombia Time) have the same local time.
7:00 am07:00 in ECT is 7:00 am07:00 in Chia, Colombia

ECT to Chía call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in ECT which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in Chía

7:00 am07:00 Ecuador Time (ECT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 COT (Colombia Time) (Chia, Colombia). Offset UTC -5:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 ECT / 7:00 am07:00 Chia, Colombia

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Ecuador Time

Offset: ECT is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Ecuador

Principal Cities: The largest city in the ECT time zone is Quito in Ecuador, with about 2.782 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Guayaquil, Cuenca, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ambato.

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; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

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

Chía Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
COT – Colombia Time, UTC-5 (no daylight saving time)

Chía Facts

Country
Colombia
Alternative Names
Chia, Chía
Population
124,309
Currency
Peso (COP)
Geographic Coordinates
4° 51' N Latitude / 74° 03' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+57