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Time in Ecuador
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<p> Ecuador Time (ECT), as named by the <a href="/facts/IANA_time_zone_database/ebNI1Nls">IANA time zone database</a>, is the time observed in mainland <a href="/facts/Ecuador/Tdv7czY4">Ecuador</a> since 1931. Ecuador Time is at <a href="/facts/UTC-05:00/JcPY8rp7">UTC-05:00</a> and has no <a href="/facts/Daylight-saving_time/bEWvB1Rt">daylight saving</a>, except for a brief period from late 1992 to early 1993 during the government of president <a href="/facts/Sixto_Dur%C3%A1n_Ball%C3%A9n/dG04y4tC">Sixto Durán Ballén</a>. <a href="/facts/Gal%C3%A1pagos_Province/qFk6oYnK">Galápagos Province</a> observed Ecuador Time until 1986, when it switched to Galápagos Time (GALT), at <a href="/facts/UTC-06:00/h6pCEezn">UTC-06:00</a>. </p>