Time & Date
The time and date (time_date) integration allows one to create sensors for the current date or time in different formats. All values are based on the timezone which is set in “General Configuration”.
Configuration
To add the Time & Date service to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:
If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:
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Browse to your Home Assistant instance.
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In the bottom right corner, select the
Add Integration button. -
From the list, select Time & Date.
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Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.
Sensors including the time update every minute, the date sensor updates each day at midnight.
Producing your own custom time and date sensor
The following can be used to create a time and date sensor whose output can be properly customised to use your own preferred formatting, specified in the call to timestamp_custom() using standard Python datetime formatting
sensor:
# Minimal configuration of the standard time and date sensor
- platform: time_date
display_options:
- 'date_time_iso'
# Build on the standard sensor to produce one that can be customized
template:
- sensor:
- name: "Date and time"
state: "{{ as_timestamp(states('sensor.date_time_iso')) | timestamp_custom('%A %B %-d, %I:%M %p') }}"
icon: "mdi:calendar-clock"
More time-related resources
For more information about using time related variables and sensors in templates (such as today_at(), now() or as_timestamp()) visit this time section on the templating page.