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America/Guayaquil

America/Guayaquil is the IANA time zone for Ecuador (mainland) in Ecuador.

UTC−05:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC−5 ECT

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC−05:00
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC−5 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
Ecuador Time
Abbreviation
ECT
Long name
Ecuador Time

Use it in code

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/Guayaquil' })

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('America/Guayaquil')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'America/Guayaquil';

Cities in America/Guayaquil

Also in this zone: Cuenca, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ambato, Portoviejo, Eloy Alfaro, Machala, Loja, Manta, Riobamba, Ibarra, Esmeraldas, Quevedo, Latacunga, Daule, Milagro, Tulcán.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1991: UTC−5
  • 1992–1993: UTC−5 and UTC−4 each year
  • 1994–2026: UTC−5

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