Civil Time AtlasIANA time zone data

Historically distinct IANA time zone

Pacific/Galapagos

Canonical IANA identifier · Data release 2026c

Local time now -06 · current offset
Countries
Ecuador
GPS reference
0.90° S, 89.60° W
Data source
IANA southamerica
Aliases
None
Rule groups
Ecuador

Galapagos Islands

Geographic context

Where this clock belongs

The map marks the IANA reference location and associated country, not a time-zone boundary.

World location
Regional context

GPS reference: 0.90° S, 89.60° W. Associated countries: EC.

The Wikipedia link provides additional context; it is not evidence for a historical claim. Transition data comes from the IANA source file.

Notes from the time database

The story behind the clock

These source notes describe a period or rule. They do not, by themselves, establish a causal claim for a particular clock change.

1992–1993

Rule context

Ecuador The tzdata source notes: 24:15. ... Whether the law applied also to Galápagos, I do not know. This says President Sixto Durán Ballén signed decree No. 285, which established DST from 1992-11-28 to 1993-02-05; it does not give transition times. The people called it "hora de Sixto" ("Sixto hour"). The change did not go over well; a popular song "Qué hora es" by Jaime Guevara had lyrics that included "Amanecía en mitad de la noche, los guaguas iban a clase sin sol" ("It was dawning in the middle of the night, the buses went to class without sun"). Although Ballén's campaign slogan was "Ni un paso atrás" (Not one step back), the clocks went back in 1993 and the experiment was not repeated. For now, assume transitions were at 00:00 local time country-wide.

Original IANA source file: southamerica.

Civil-time record

Recorded changes over time

From 1931 to 1993 · 4 recorded transitions

Recurring daylight-saving changes are grouped separately when JavaScript is available.

Notable changes

One-off changes and transitions outside the recurring seasonal rhythm.

  1. -05:00 · -05Standard time applies
  2. -06:00 · -06Standard time applies
  3. -05:00 · -05Daylight saving time begins
  4. -06:00 · -06Standard time applies
Browse every recorded transition
Local time after transitionOffset afterAbbreviationRule
1931-01-01 00:58-05:00-05Standard time
1985-12-31 23:00-06:00-06Standard time
1992-11-28 01:00-05:00-05Daylight saving time
1993-02-04 23:00-06:00-06Standard time