Time in Ecuador

{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see WP:SDNONE --> thumb|Mainland Ecuador follows UTC-5 and the Galapagos UTC-6 '''Ecuador Time''' ('''ECT'''), as named by the IANA time zone database, is the time observed in mainland Ecuador since 1931. Ecuador Time is at UTC-05:00<ref name=T&D>[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/ecuador Time zone: Ecuador] at timeanddate.com</ref> and has no daylight saving, except for a brief period from late 1992 to early 1993 during the government of president Sixto Durán Ballén.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Poblete |first1=Juan Correa |title=La 'hora de Sixto' fue en 1993 |url=https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/hora-sixto-1993.html |website=El Comercio |access-date=22 August 2024 |language=es |date=10 November 2009}}</ref> Galápagos Province observed Ecuador Time until 1986, when it switched to '''Galápagos Time''' (GALT), at UTC-06:00.<ref name=T&D/>

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