DBTIMEZONE
Syntax
Purpose
DBTIMEZONE
returns the value of the database time zone. The return type is a time zone offset (a character type in the format '[+|-]TZH:TZM'
) or a time zone region name, depending on how the user specified the database time zone value in the most recent CREATE
DATABASE
or ALTER
DATABASE
statement.
See Also:
Appendix C in Oracle Database
Globalization Support Guide for the collation derivation rules, which define the collation assigned to the character return value of DBTIMEZONE
Examples
The following example assumes that the database time zone is set to UTC time zone:
SELECT DBTIMEZONE FROM DUAL; DBTIME ------ +00:00