Galápagos Time
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Galápagos Time is the time observed since 1986 in the province of Galápagos
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 is coterminous with the Región Insular (Insular Region) of western 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...

. Galápagos Time is at UTC-6
UTC-6
UTC−06 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −06. This time is used in:-Central America:*Belize*Costa Rica*El Salvador*Guatemala*Honduras*Nicaragua-Central Standard Time:...

. The rest of Ecuador, the mainland, observes Ecuador Time
Ecuador Time
Ecuador Time , as named by the tz database, is the time observed in mainland Ecuador since 1931. This means Ecuador without Galápagos Province, which observed Ecuador Time until 1986, when it switched to Galápagos Time . Ecuador Time is at UTC-05:00 and has no daylight saving, except for a brief...

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