diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Common/PropertyGridConverters/BizDateTimeConverter.cs b/src/BizHawk.Common/PropertyGridConverters/BizDateTimeConverter.cs
index 1b6ec45724..71a5766624 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Common/PropertyGridConverters/BizDateTimeConverter.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Common/PropertyGridConverters/BizDateTimeConverter.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.Common
 		public override object ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext? context, CultureInfo? culture, object? value, Type destinationType)
 		{
 			if (value is not DateTime d || destinationType != typeof(string)) throw new NotSupportedException("can only do DateTime --> string");
-			return d.ToString(DateTimeFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
+#pragma warning disable CA1305
+			// this function is explicitly supposed to be locale dependent
+			return d.ToString();
+#pragma warning restore CA1305
 		}
 	}
 }