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* States: add unavailable and unknown

* rephrase intro

* Make states lowercase

* Update source/_integrations/humidifier.markdown

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* Revert "Make states lowercase"

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* Apply bold to the UI string of state names

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Time Instructions on how to set up time entities within Home Assistant.
Time
2022.12 time internal
@home-assistant/core
entity

The Time {% term integration %} is built for controlling and monitoring times on devices.

{% include integrations/building_block_integration.md %}

If you are looking for a way to create a similar entity, please take a look at the Date/Time helper.

The state of a time entity

The state of a time {% term entity %} is a timestamp in the format HH:MM:SS.

Screenshot showing the state of a time entity in the developer tools Screenshot showing the state of a time entity in the developer tools.

In addition, the entity can have the following states:

  • Unavailable: The entity is currently unavailable.
  • Unknown: The state is not yet known.

Actions

Time actions

Available actions: time.set_value

Action time.set_value

Set a new value for the time entity.

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.