Time in Venezuela
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Venezuela uses the UTC−04:30 timezone, commonly called Venezuelan Standard Time (VET) and legally referred to as Hora Legal de Venezuela (HLV) or Venezuela's Legal Time.
Until December 30, 2007, 06:59.59 UTC, Venezuela used the UTC−04:00 timezone.
The official time zone of Venezuela is determined by meridian 67° 30' west of Greenwich, UK. This meridian divides the country into two almost symmetrical areas and represents a −4:30 hour offset from Greenwich Mean Time (meridian 0°).
UTC−4:30 was formerly the official time zone in Venezuela from 1912 to 1965, when the government changed it in order to adopt meridian 60° (UTC−4), which passes through Punta de Playa, Delta Amacuro State.
IANA time zone database [edit]
The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Venezuela in the file zone.tab, named America/Caracas.
External links [edit]
- Current local time in Caracas
- BBC News: Venezuela creates own time zone
- Clocks to be set back 30 minutes on 2007-12-09 Timeanddate.com
- New Time Zone Should Complement Territorial Reorganization Bill. Mathaba, 2007-09-22
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