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title, description, ha_category, ha_release, ha_domain, ha_quality_scale, ha_codeowners, ha_integration_type

title	description	ha_category	ha_release	ha_domain	ha_quality_scale	ha_codeowners	ha_integration_type
Date/Time	Instructions on how to set up date/time entities within Home Assistant.	Date/Time	2023.6	datetime	internal	@home-assistant/core	entity

The Date/Time integration is built for the controlling and monitoring of timestamps on devices.

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

Services

datetime services

Available services: datetime.set_value

Service datetime.set_value

Set a new value for the datetime entity.

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	no	String or list of strings that point at entity_id's of datetimes to control.
datetime	no	New datetime value to set. If timezone is not included, the Home Assistant instance's timezone will be used.