Windows 10: Regional format keeps resetting back to US every time PC is booted up.

For some reason ever since updating to Windows 11 my regional format keeps reverting back to the US format.It is really annoying because the calendar and time format is completely different from my native one.I have tried about everything I could find about this issue on the internet but info on it is very limited. I have even tried fixing the issue by fiddling with settings on the Group Policy Editor without any success.Help would be much appreciated.

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Changing Time Format

Hi Mary,

There's a possibility that the set up time format in your computer Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is military time. To have this checked, you can try to reset the time of your computer through Control Panel. See the steps below on how to do
so:

• Open Control Panel > Clock, Language, and Region >
  Change date, time, or number formats. This would open the
  Region window.
• From there, click on Additional settings at the bottom part. It will open the Customize Format.
• Click Reset; then, OK.

The steps should work; however, if not, we suggest that you contact manufacturer and have the BIOS time checked.

Let us know what happens after doing the suggestions .

 

Windows Format Configuration (time)

Hi Joc,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. I will certainly help you with this.

I suggest you to try the below given steps and check if it helps you to change the time format.

• Press Windows key + X key, clicking Control Panel, clicking
  Clock, Language, and Region, and then clicking
  Region.
  
• Click the Formats tab, and then, in the
  Format list, select the Match Windows display language (recommended)
  under Format.
• Check if the h: mm: tt is available under Short time and
  Long time format.

Please post back with the results, we will be glad to assist you further.



Thank you.

 

Resetting language and regions

Hi Dee,

The option to reset the language and region can either be done in the Control Panel or the Settings app. Since you are having issues with the reset option, we would like to ask for additional information to help us provide the appropriate troubleshooting
steps. Please answer the following:

• What build and version of Windows 10 is your PC running on?
• Did you get an error after resetting the language and region?
• In which language and region are you trying to reset it to?
  
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

We hope to hear from you soon.