dbtimezone
and sessiontimezone
return the value of the database's or session timezone either in +hh:mm
format or as name of a time zone, depending on the most recent modification of the time zone using create database
or alter database
or alter session set time_zone
. select dbtimezone from dual; -- -- DBTIME -- ------ -- +02:00
select sessiontimezone from dual; -- -- SESSIONTIMEZONE -- ----------------------- -- +01:00 alter session set time_zone = '-3:00'; select sessiontimezone from dual; -- -- SESSIONTIMEZONE -- --------------------- -- -03:00