electricity (the country's hydroelectric power has been hit by low water levels) in Venezuela, with a return to UTC−04:00 which began on 1 May 2016 at 03:00:00. IANA time zone database The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Venezuela in the file zone.tab, named America/Caracas. References External links 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