---
title: Time
description: Instructions on how to set up time entities within Home Assistant.
ha_category:
  - Time
ha_release: '2022.12'
ha_domain: time
ha_quality_scale: internal
ha_codeowners:
  - '@home-assistant/core'
ha_integration_type: entity
---

The Time integration is built for the controlling and monitoring of times on devices.

Time entities cannot be implemented manually, but can be provided by other integrations. If you are looking for a way to create a similar entity, please take a look at the [Date/Time helper](/integrations/input_datetime).

## Services

### time services

Available services: `time.set_value`

### Service `time.set_value`

Set a new value for the time entity.

| Service data attribute | Optional | Description |
| ---------------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `entity_id` | no | String or list of strings that point at `entity_id`'s of times to control.
| `time` | no | New time value to set.