Hello @iodream, what timezone is the system configured to use? Maybe timedatectl in a terminal would have that.
[iod ~]$ timedatectl
Local time: вт 2023-09-12 01:56:04 EEST
Universal time: пн 2023-09-11 22:56:04 UTC
RTC time: пн 2023-09-11 22:56:04
Time zone: Europe/Kyiv (EEST, +0300)
System clock synchronized: yes
NTP service: active
RTC in local TZ: no
sudo hwclock --show
2023-09-12 01:59:12.811140+03:00
I have the same problem, here's timedatectl output:
Local time: Thu 2023-10-05 01:52:56 EEST
Universal time: Wed 2023-10-04 22:52:56 UTC
RTC time: Wed 2023-10-04 22:52:56
Time zone: Europe/Kyiv (EEST, +0300)
System clock synchronized: yes
NTP service: active
RTC in local TZ: no
Temporary fix:
sudo timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Kiev
But this bug must be fixed on Steam side
I have not seen this bug for a long time now.
Latest Steam beta 1711147596
Yes, the bug seems to be fixed.
Stable client 1709846872
Can confirm, bug has been fixed
Closing per the last couple comments.
This issue is still occurring to me as of 1716584667. It seems the fix is only applicable for the system running systemd (where timedatectl is available).
I am running Steam in a rootless Distrobox container (Podman) where systemd is not available, unless I use an init container. This is the only issue I am facing.
I would like to use the Flatpak version as well, but I find it still riddles with many issues.
Still happening on regular Steam client 1747701111 on Fedora 41, not flatpak, not containerised.
$ timedatectl
Local time: Thu 2025-06-19 14:27:15 +08
Universal time: Thu 2025-06-19 06:27:15 UTC
RTC time: Thu 2025-06-19 06:27:15
Time zone: Asia/Singapore (+08, +0800)
System clock synchronized: yes
NTP service: active
RTC in local TZ: no
$ ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 36 Jul 2 2022 /etc/localtime -> ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Singapore
$ cat /etc/adjtime
0.0 0 0.0
0
UTC
Both in-game overlay and Big Picture Mode show 06:27 (UTC) instead of 14:27.
All Steam logs use the correct local time.
Nothing extracted yet.
Your system information
Steam client version (build number or date): 1694456926
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch linux
Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
GPU: Intel
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
Steam Overlay shows wrong computer time. Local time shown by system(both desktop gui and
datein terminal) is 12th september 01:19 while Steam overlay shows 11th september 22:19. As far as i can remember this started happening relatively recently and it used to be correct.