ECT
Ecuador Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
COT
Colombia Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

ECT and COT use the same UTC offset for this comparison. ECT uses GMT -5, and COT uses GMT -5 for this comparison.

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

Best meeting overlap: 9am-5pm ECT, which is 9am-5pm COT.

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

Time Difference

Ecuador Time is 0 hours ahead of Colombia Time
7:00 am07:00 in ECT is 7:00 am07:00 in COT

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

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

7:00 am07:00 ECT / 7:00 am07:00 COT

ECTCOT
12am (midnight)12am (midnight)
1am1am
2am2am
3am3am
4am4am
5am5am
6am6am
7am7am
8am8am
9am9am
10am10am
11am11am
12pm (noon)12pm (noon)
1pm1pm
2pm2pm
3pm3pm
4pm4pm
5pm5pm
6pm6pm
7pm7pm
8pm8pm
9pm9pm
10pm10pm
11pm11pm
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23:0023:00

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

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