SteamOS/SteamDeck Timezone Issue (Desktop Mode) #2212
Description
Your system information
Steam client version: Latest as of 27/11/25
SteamOS version: Latest as of 27/11/25
Opted into Steam client beta?: No
Opted into SteamOS beta?: No
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
Played a recent games called Retro racing 2, noticed the leaderboard flagged me as American when im British, made a post on the games discussion page, the dev stated the game autodetects our nationality via regional settings.
started looking around my main pc to make sure all wes set correctly and im all set as British/UK, did the same on my steam deck and found out that in gaming mode my timezone remains on UK/GMT but once i enter desktop mode the region is reset/defaulted to the "Pacific" timezone, going back to gaming mode and i then have to put it back to GMT/UK or it remains on "Pacific".
Steps for reproducing this issue:
On the SteamDeck, set your normal timezone in gamemode settings, then boot into desktop mode and check steam settings, you will find it defaults to "Pacific", if you change that timezone to anything else, exit settings and go right back in, it will once again be stuck on the "Pacific" timezone.