From 0a19873f0cfc9a4b94c59f92b389dfcc7f03f0ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 15:24:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update template Working without entities examples to include
 as_local() (#14389)

Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof <git@frenck.dev>
---
 .../binary_sensor.template.markdown            | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/_integrations/binary_sensor.template.markdown b/source/_integrations/binary_sensor.template.markdown
index 81c298124fd..675eef2e95a 100644
--- a/source/_integrations/binary_sensor.template.markdown
+++ b/source/_integrations/binary_sensor.template.markdown
@@ -334,3 +334,21 @@ automation:
       - service: homeassistant.update_entity
         entity_id: binary_sensor.minute_is_odd
 {% endraw %}
+
+In the case where the template should be updated every minute, replacing `now()` with `as_local(states.sensor.time.last_changed)`
+can achieve the desired result without the need to create an automation:
+
+{% raw %}
+```yaml
+sensor:
+  - platform: time_date
+    display_options:
+      - 'time'
+
+binary_sensor:
+- platform: template
+  sensors:
+    minute_is_odd:
+      value_template: '{{ as_local(states.sensor.time.last_changed).minute % 2 }}'
+```
+{% endraw %}