ECT to IST Converter
Quick answers
ECT is 10 hours and 30 minutes behind IST. ECT uses GMT -5, and IST uses GMT +5:30 for this comparison.
For example, 7:00 am ECT is 5:30 pm IST. Use the converter above to adjust the date or time and create a shareable meeting link.
Best meeting overlap: 7:30am-8:30am ECT, which is 6pm-7pm IST.
Compare ECT time with IST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Ecuador Time is 10 hours and 30 minutes behind India Standard Time
7:00 am07:00 in ECT is 5:30 pm17:30 in IST
ECT to IST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-8:30am in ECT which corresponds to 6pm-7pm in IST
7:00 am07:00 Ecuador Time (ECT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
5:30 pm17:30 India Standard Time (IST). Offset UTC +5:30 hours
7:00 am07:00 ECT / 5:30 pm17:30 IST
| ECT | IST |
|---|---|
| 12am (midnight) | 10:30 am |
| 1am | 11:30 am |
| 2am | 12:30 pm |
| 3am | 1:30 pm |
| 4am | 2:30 pm |
| 5am | 3:30 pm |
| 6am | 4:30 pm |
| 7am | 5:30 pm |
| 8am | 6:30 pm |
| 9am | 7:30 pm |
| 10am | 8:30 pm |
| 11am | 9:30 pm |
| 12pm (noon) | 10:30 pm |
| 1pm | 11:30 pm |
| 2pm | 12:30 am |
| 3pm | 1:30 am |
| 4pm | 2:30 am |
| 5pm | 3:30 am |
| 6pm | 4:30 am |
| 7pm | 5:30 am |
| 8pm | 6:30 am |
| 9pm | 7:30 am |
| 10pm | 8:30 am |
| 11pm | 9:30 am |
| 00:00 | 10:30 |
| 01:00 | 11:30 |
| 02:00 | 12:30 |
| 03:00 | 13:30 |
| 04:00 | 14:30 |
| 05:00 | 15:30 |
| 06:00 | 16:30 |
| 07:00 | 17:30 |
| 08:00 | 18:30 |
| 09:00 | 19:30 |
| 10:00 | 20:30 |
| 11:00 | 21:30 |
| 12:00 | 22:30 |
| 13:00 | 23:30 |
| 14:00 | 00:30 |
| 15:00 | 01:30 |
| 16:00 | 02:30 |
| 17:00 | 03:30 |
| 18:00 | 04:30 |
| 19:00 | 05:30 |
| 20:00 | 06:30 |
| 21:00 | 07:30 |
| 22:00 | 08:30 |
| 23:00 | 09:30 |
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
India Standard Time
Offset: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Asia
Countries using this time zone: India
Principal Cities: The largest city in the IST time zone is Mumbai in India, with about 12.692 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in India Standard Time (IST) do not change for daylight saving time, so IST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter.
IST representations, usage and related time zones
- +0530 - basic
- +05:30 - extended
- +0530 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (05) and minutes (30) of the offset. Indicates an offset of five hours and thirty minutes to the east of the zero meridian.
- Asia/Calcutta
- Asia/Kolkata
- India Standard Time - UTC +5:30
- Irish Standard Time - UTC +1
- Israel Standard Time - UTC +2