Ecuador Time as named by the tz database, is the time observed in mainland Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

 since 1931. This means Ecuador without Galápagos Province

Galápagos Province

Galápagos is a province of Ecuador in the country's Insular region, located approximately off the western coast of the mainland. The capital is Puerto Baquerizo Moreno....

, which observed Ecuador Time until 1986, when it switched to Galápagos Time

Galápagos Time

Galápagos Time is the time observed since 1986 in the province of Galápagos, which is coterminous with the Región Insular of western Ecuador. Galápagos Time is at UTC-6. The rest of Ecuador, the mainland, observes Ecuador Time....

 (GALT). Ecuador Time is at UTC-05:00 and has no daylight saving, except for a brief period in the 1990s during the government of president Sixto Durán Ballén

Sixto Durán Ballén

Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez is an U.S.-born Ecuadorian political figure and architect. He served as Mayor of Quito between 1970 and 1978, and as president of Ecuador between 1992 and 1996...

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