My timezone is wrong; how do I fix it?

[spheniscine]

Steam thinks the time is one hour ahead of what it actually is. This adversely affects things like event setup. How do I fix it?

[spheniscine]

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Via the browser in Steam. If I use an external web browser, I'm *always* forced to verify my email because it says it's a "new" browser / client. It's rather frustrating.

If you don't delete cookies then you should stay logged in. Anyway its worth doing once for a test right?

What about the chat timestamps? Are they correct in the client?

I do not recall deleting cookies. And there isn't really any way I can fire off an event for a test without disturbing people.

[Forcen]

So if you create an event for 3PM at 2PM in your local time then it doesn't say that there is one hour left for the event? Haven't created an event in a long time.

What about workshop pages? You could test those without logging in maybe? Not familiar with how those use timestamps really.

[spheniscine]

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So if you create an event for 3PM at 2PM in your local time then it doesn't say that there is one hour left for the event? Haven't created an event in a long time.

What about workshop pages? You could test those without logging in maybe? Not familiar with how those use timestamps really.

I mean stuff like this: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/changelog/727981115 ; also each workshop item displays the time it was first made and the time it was last updated.

I checked the workshop using a non-Steam browser, and those timestamps are still one hour ahead of what they should read.

[Forcen]

Here is antoher thing you can test:

Visit https://www.timeanddate.com/ in your regular browser and see if the local time/location is correct.

Start a game, open ingame and open the steam ingame browser and visit that website again and see if it shows anything differently.

EDIT: About the workshop comments. Got another device like a smartphone? what if you open the workshop comments there, are they still the incorrect? Tried edge/IE? Send it to a friend in the same timezone and se if it changes?

Thing is that those pages should get the timezone from your pc, so maybe the site is bugged, or your browser or your PC. Thats why testing is good for finding the problem.

[spheniscine]

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Here is antoher thing you can test:

Visit https://www.timeanddate.com/ in your regular browser and see if the local time/location is correct.

Start a game, open ingame and open the steam ingame browser and visit that website again and see if it shows anything differently.

The time in both places are correct.

It's like I said, I believe the error only occurs where Steam has to determine my timezone in relation to others for public-facing things.

[Forcen]

Sounds like a plausible theory.

Maybe I could spoof my timezone for that workshop link to confirm the bug, what should the correct time be and what does it say for you?

EDIT: maybe it won't work.. might still try.

Does this page say GMT+0800 for you? (if the time is correct) http://comingnext.sourceforge.net/drupal7/localtime

[spheniscine]

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Sounds like a plausible theory.

Maybe I could spoof my timezone for that workshop link to confirm the bug, what should the correct time be and what does it say for you?

Does this page say GMT+0800 for you? (if the time is correct) http://comingnext.sourceforge.net/drupal7/localtime

The time right now is 22:57.

The time and timezone on that page are correct.

edit: Oh you mean the workshop. Well I linked an old item because the recent item is set to friends-only, so I'm not sure that it's wrong, though it probably is.

[Forcen]

Looks like you can reproduce this bug.
Visited an achievement page which displayed the correct unlock times for me in my local time
I changed my system timezone to kuala lumpur, turning it from 17:14 UTC+0200 to 23:14 UTC +0800.
Then I opened the same page again and the unlock time changed from 23 Apr @ 10:53pm to 24 Apr @ 5:53am.

The time on the achievement page went forward 7 hours when set my system time 6 hours forward to Kuala lumpur time. Bug seemingly confirmed.

Now all we can do is hope that valve sees this thread and fixes it. If this doesn't get fixed for a long time maybe post then maybe post it in the steam beta forums where they seems frequent often. Hard to say how much lurking they do here. You can also post it in the steam subreddit, email gaben and other stuff.

Or contact support, that might be the best option if you can find a proper category to post it in.

[Ukraїner]

I have the same problem now. I am in New York, and right now my time is 10:43 pm (22:43). But the Steam Overlay shows 7:43 pm (19:43). I don't know why is it like that. My timezone is right according to the sites Focen wrote. Seams like Steam cannot see my timezone. It was never like that before.

[Scathia]

In case, like me, you're been having this problem in Windows 10, despite having the correct location set (ie PST for somewhere that appropriately does or doesn't observe daylight savings time), I found it at the bottom of the "change the time zone" page.

Near the top of the page, is the option to "set time zone automatically" (which was already checked) and so the time on my pc was already always correct. But further down, there's another box, for the option to "adjust for daylight saving time automatically". I turned that on and the issue with Steam was fixed. I'm guessing only the latter option interacts with other apps or some such.

Hope that helps.

[TiktaalikDreaming]

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But further down, there's another box, for the option to "adjust for daylight saving time automatically".

In timezones without Daylight Savings, this is a disabled option the moment the TZ is selected. Whether I auto select timezone or manually select my timezone, this option is (sensibly) disabled. But yet Steam is adjusting some times forward by an hour.
I came across this due to seeing an update, I had already applied, being listed as released in the future. And I have references elsewhere showing the addon updated at the time I thought it did.

[WarBucks]

If you set it to manual, and sync the time, then reboot the computer does that help?

The auto timezone function of windows relies location services. Which can be anything from a gps module to the network connection presenting its physical location.

If you are on a vpn or the network is ​satelite expect the auto timezone function to not work right.