Venezuela uses the UTC−04:00 time offset, and they had previously used UTC−04:30 from 9 December 2007 until 30 April 2016. The time is commonly called Venezuelan Standard Time ( VET ), and legally referred to as Hora Legal de Venezuela ( HLV ) or Venezuela's Legal Time. The HLV is administered by the Navigation and Hydrography Service, in the Cagigal Naval Observatory, Caracas.
12-585: [REDACTED] Look up vet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vet , VET or the Vet may refer to: Veterinary physician , a professional who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals Veterinary medicine , the branch of science that deals with animals Veteran , a person with long experience in a particular area, most often in military service during wartime Veterans Stadium , informally "The Vet",
24-515: A standard time across the country, located approximately between meridians 60° W and 75° W, corresponding to UTC−04:00 and UTC−05:00 with respect to the prime meridian . In 1912, the meridian 67° 30' W was adopted as the first geographical reference for a national time system. The HLV was given to the National Telegraphy Central Office as an astronomical time standard, corresponding to GMT−04:30. During
36-595: A German F1 driver See also [ edit ] Vette (disambiguation) Vetting , a process of an evaluation Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Vet . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vet&oldid=1179627738 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Finnish-language text Short description
48-475: A UTC-04:00 time zone Vocational education and training , prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities Sebastian Vettel , a German F1 driver See also [ edit ] Vette (disambiguation) Vetting , a process of an evaluation Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Vet . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
60-588: A former sports stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Veterans Stadium (New Britain, Connecticut) Vet River, South Africa Finnish Board of Film Classification (Finnish: Valtion elokuvatarkastamo ), an institution of the Finnish Ministry of Education Venezuelan Standard Time , a UTC-04:00 time zone Vocational education and training , prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities Sebastian Vettel ,
72-442: A person with long experience in a particular area, most often in military service during wartime Veterans Stadium , informally "The Vet", a former sports stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Veterans Stadium (New Britain, Connecticut) Vet River, South Africa Finnish Board of Film Classification (Finnish: Valtion elokuvatarkastamo ), an institution of the Finnish Ministry of Education Venezuelan Standard Time ,
84-459: Is determined by meridian 60° west of Greenwich , UK. UTC−04:30 was formerly the official time zone in Venezuela from 1912 to 1965, when the government changed it in order to adopt meridian 60° UTC−04:00 , which passes through Punta de Playa, Delta Amacuro State . It was changed again to UTC−04:30 from 2007 to 2016. The Venezuela's Legal Time Service was founded in answer to the need of
96-448: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages vet [REDACTED] Look up vet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vet , VET or the Vet may refer to: Veterinary physician , a professional who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals Veterinary medicine , the branch of science that deals with animals Veteran ,
108-640: The 1930s, the broadcasting services began time reports synchronized with the HLV. In 1965 the Republic of Venezuela Congress established meridian 60° W, near Punta de Playa in Delta Amacuro state, as official, since the previous one did not fulfill the international requirement for time standards of being based on integer differences with the GMT. Beginning then, Venezuela Standard Time was UTC−04:00 ; this meant
120-485: The addition of thirty more minutes to the previous time. This modification was carried out based on research from the La Electricidad de Caracas (Caracas Electricity) Company . The results indicated that adding thirty minutes to the previous time would save energy use, since all morning activities were going to be carried out in the presence of sunlight, and there would be an additional half an hour of sunlight in
132-420: The afternoons. In December 2007, Hugo Chávez changed, via decree, the official meridian to meridian 67° 30' W, the same used between 1912 and 1965. As result, the standard time was UTC−04:30 , half an hour behind the previous time which eventually led to an increase in energy consumption. On 15 April 2016, President Nicolás Maduro announced that Venezuela would reverse Chávez's time change due to
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#1732771838401144-450: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vet&oldid=1179627738 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Finnish-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Venezuelan Standard Time The official time zone of Venezuela
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