Purpose
SESSIONTIMEZONE() returns the time zone of the current session.
Syntax
SESSIONTIMEZONE
Return type
The return type is VARCHAR2.
Examples
The following example returns the time zones of the database and the current session.
obclient> SELECT DBTIMEZONE,SESSIONTIMEZONE FROM DUAL;
+------------+-----------------+
| DBTIMEZONE | SESSIONTIMEZONE |
+------------+-----------------+
| +00:00 | +08:00 |
+------------+-----------------+
1 row in set