ECT Time Converter
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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
- -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