Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial/Date Timestamp Functions/TZ OFFSET
Obtaining Time Zone Offsets using the TZ_OFFSET() function
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SQL> SELECT TZ_OFFSET("PST") FROM dual;
TZ_OFFS
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-07:00
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SQL>
SQL>
SQL> SELECT TZ_OFFSET("PST") FROM dual;
TZ_OFFS
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-07:00
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