diff --git a/source/_integrations/button.markdown b/source/_integrations/button.markdown index 63a3b1e3516..f134619fcbe 100644 --- a/source/_integrations/button.markdown +++ b/source/_integrations/button.markdown @@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ form of a stateless switch. The button {% term entity %} is stateless, as in, it cannot have a state like the `on` or `off` state that, for example, a normal switch entity has. -Every button entity does keep track of the timestamp of when the last time -the button entity has been pressed in the Home Assistant UI or pressed via -an action. +The state of a button is a timestamp showing the date and time of the last time the button had been pressed in the Home Assistant UI or via an action. + +

+Screenshot showing the state of a button entity in the developer tools +Screenshot showing the state of a button entity in the developer tools. +

Because the {% term state %} of a button entity in Home Assistant is a timestamp, it means we can use it in our automations. For example: diff --git a/source/images/integrations/button/state_button.png b/source/images/integrations/button/state_button.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c1f884c300a Binary files /dev/null and b/source/images/integrations/button/state_button.png differ