ECT
Ecuador Time
GMT -5
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Texas, USA
CST
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare ECT time with Austin 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 ahead of CST (Central Standard Time)
7:00 am07:00 in ECT is 6:00 am06:00 in Austin, TX, USA

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

7:00 am07:00 Ecuador Time (ECT). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 CST (Central Standard Time) (Austin, TX, USA). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

7:00 am07:00 ECT / 6:00 am06:00 Austin, TX, USA

ECTAustin, TX, USA
12am (midnight)11pm
1am12am (midnight)
2am1am
3am2am
4am3am
5am4am
6am5am
7am6am
8am7am
9am8am
10am9am
11am10am
12pm (noon)11am
1pm12pm (noon)
2pm1pm
3pm2pm
4pm3pm
5pm4pm
6pm5pm
7pm6pm
8pm7pm
9pm8pm
10pm9pm
11pm10pm
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01:0000:00
02:0001:00
03:0002:00
04:0003:00
05:0004:00
06:0005:00
07:0006:00
08:0007:00
09:0008:00
10:0009:00
11:0010:00
12:0011:00
13:0012:00
14:0013:00
15:0014:00
16:0015:00
17:0016:00
18:0017:00
19:0018:00
20:0019:00
21:0020:00
22:0021:00
23:0022:00

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

Austin Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
CDT - Central Daylight Time
CST - Central Standard Time
UTC / GMT Offset
-5:00 hours during Central Daylight Time, currently in use.
-6:00 hours during Central Standard Time.
Daylight Saving Time Change
+1:00 hour - DST is in use
Daylight Saving Time Starts
Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amSunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST starts annually on the 2nd Sunday of March. Clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Also called Spring Forward or Summer Time.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amSunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am local time. DST ends annually on the 1st Sunday of November. Clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am local standard time instead. Also called Fall Back or switch to Winter Time.

Austin Facts

Country
USA
State
Texas
Alternative Names
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Population
931,830
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Geographic Coordinates
30° 16' N Latitude / 97° 44' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+1