What is the current local time zone ?

hello,

is there a way to determine the local time zone from Oracle (sqlplus, Oracle Graphics/Report/Forms) ?

UNIX uses the TZ (time zone) environment variable to indicate the offset relative to the GMT time.
Does Oracle also know this time zone information or does it just take the UNIX system time ?

(GMT = Greenwich Mean Time)

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