IANA tz database · zone identifier

America/Caracas

The IANA tz database identifier for Venezuela Time in Venezuela. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC-04:00Abbreviation -04No DST — never observed
Time in America/Caracas☾ Night
18:59:54
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Offset
UTC-04:00
Abbreviation
-04
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC-04:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

-04

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

Never

has never observed daylight saving

Country

🇻🇪 Venezuela

ISO 3166: VE · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

America/Caracas is the identifier to use in code and config for this region. Every modern language, database, and OS resolves it through the same tz database, so the examples here behave identically everywhere.

Avoid storing -04 or -04:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
timeZone: 'America/Caracas',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
10 years.

America/Caracas has kept UTC-04:00 year-round since 1 May 2016 — no daylight saving and no offset changes on record since. It is among the most stable identifiers in the database.

Every offset this zone has kept

−04:27:44UTC-04:00 · UNCHANGED 1 May 2016 NOW

Keeping this offset since

1 May 2016

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC − 4h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database

IdentifierAmerica/Caracas
ISO country codeVE🇻🇪 Venezuela
Reference coordinates10.50°N, 66.93°Wtz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC-04:00abbreviation -04
Daylight offset—daylight saving has never been observed

Where it applies

All of Venezuela, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Caracas or Venezuela Time.

🇻🇪
Venezuela

31M people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to America/Caracas.

Country page →
🇻🇪 Caracas
18:59
18:59:54 · -04
pop. 2.2MVET
🇻🇪 Valencia
18:59
18:59:54 · -04
pop. 1.7MVET
🇻🇪 Maracaibo
18:59
18:59:54 · -04
pop. 1.6MVET

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC-04:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Frequently asked questions

Answers specific to this identifier — generated from the database record. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What UTC offset is America/Caracas?
America/Caracas is UTC-04:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does America/Caracas observe daylight saving time?
No. America/Caracas has never observed DST — it has kept UTC-04:00 continuously since 1 May 2016.
Which country uses America/Caracas?
Venezuela. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is America/Caracas the same as VET?
America/Caracas is one of the IANA zones that keeps Venezuela Time (VET). Use America/Caracas in software — VET is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Everything on this page — offset, abbreviation, DST rules, coordinates — from one endpoint, always current with the latest tzdb release.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones?iana=America/Caracas
{
"iana": "America/Caracas",
"utc_offset": "-04:00",
"abbreviation": "-04",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": "VE"
}