Venezuelan Standard Time Zone - VET

Venezuelan Standard Time is four and a half hours behind the Coordinated Universal Time standard, written as an offset of UTC - 4:30. That means to find the standard time in the zone you must subtract four and a half hours from Coordinated Universal Time.

Venezuelan Standard Time is considered a non-standard half-hour time zone because it has a difference of 30 minutes as opposed to the full hour difference that most time zones have.

Territories observing the time zone are primarily in South America. It runs through the country of Venezuela. In Spanish, this time zone is also referred to as Hora Legal de Venezuela or HLV.

Venezuela remains on Venezuelan Standard Time or VET all year long and does not make any changes for Daylight Saving.

Locations in Venezuelan Standard Time Zone

The following areas are included in the time zone:

• South America

  • Venezuela