South American time zones:
ECT – Ecuador Time
Current time in Guayaquil
Friday, August 2, 2013 at 2:32:00 PM ECT
Guayaquil is on ECT all of year 2013Find local time and time zone for a location
We recommend looking up by location name, not time zone name.Time zone offset: UTC - 5 hours
ECT is 5 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)Time zone abbreviation: ECT
Full name is Ecuador TimeEmail time zone indicator: -0500
An email sent from someone in the ECT time zone will have the time zone listed as "-0500" in the headers of the email. (However, "-0500" does not have to be in ECT, as other time zones could have the same UTC offset).
For actual dates DST might be observed, look at the examples belowWhere and when is ECT observed?
ECT is used all year
- Ecuador - except Galapagos Islands
Example location in ECT
- Guayaquil - This time zone offset is used all year in this location
Other time zones in South America
Go directly through the links below, or see the South America time zone list- AMST - Amazon Summer Time
- AMT - Amazon Time
- ART - Argentina Time
- BOT - Bolivia Time
- BRST - Brasilia Summer Time
- BRT - Brasília time
- CLST - Chile Summer Time
- CLT - Chile Standard Time
- COT - Colombia Time
- FKST - Falkland Islands Summer Time
- FKT - Falkland Island Time
- FNT - Fernando de Noronha Time
- GFT - French Guiana Time
- GYT - Guyana Time
- PET - Peru Time
- PYST - Paraguay Summer Time
- PYT - Paraguay Time
- SRT - Suriname Time
- UYST - Uruguay Summer Time
- UYT - Uruguay Time
- VET - Venezuelan Standard Time
Time zones in other regions
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Asia
- Atlantic
- Australia
- Caribbean
- Central America
- Europe
- Indian Ocean
- Military
- North America
- Pacific
Related links
- Time zone abbreviations world-wide
- The World Clock - Time Zones - current time around the world
- The World Clock - Time Zone Converter - Convert between time zones