Oracle's JVM Timezone x sessiontimezone x dbtimezone (how would they match?)

hello all,
I wonder if Oracle's JVM gets its default timezone from Oracle's timezone ... and if it does.. would it get from dbtimezone or sessiontimezone?
how would I alter dbtimzone to test if this works out?
thanks for now
Rodrigo

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