Time & Date


The time and date (time_date) sensor platform simple displays the time in various formats, the date, or both.

To enable this sensor in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: time_date
    display_options:
      - 'time'
      - 'date'
      - 'date_time'
      - 'time_date'
      - 'time_utc'
      - 'beat'
  • display_options array (Required): The option to display. The types date_time and time_date shows the date and the time. The other types just the time or the date. beat shows the Swatch Internet Time.