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---
title: Times of the Day
description: Instructions on how to integrate Times of the Day binary sensors within Home Assistant.
ha_category:
- Binary Sensor
ha_release: 0.89
ha_iot_class: Local Push
ha_quality_scale: internal
ha_domain: tod
---
The `tod` platform supports binary sensors which get their values by checking if the current time is within defined time ranges.
The time ranges can be provided as absolute local time or using the `sunrise` or `sunset` keyword calculated based on the sun position for location. The location must be provided in the configuration.
In addition for sun position based ranges, the negative or positive offset can be configured.
## Configuration
Here is an example of adding a sensor to the `configuration.yaml` file:
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
binary_sensor:
- platform: tod
name: Early Morning
after: sunrise
after_offset: '-02:00'
before: '07:00'
- platform: tod
name: Late Morning
after: '10:00'
before: '12:00'
```
{% configuration %}
name:
description: Name of the sensor.
required: true
type: string
before:
description: The absolute local time value or sun event for beginning of the time range.
required: true
type: [string, time]
before_offset:
description: The time offset of the beginning time range.
required: false
type: time
after:
description: The absolute local time value or sun event for ending of the time range.
required: true
type: [string, time]
after_offset:
description: The time offset of the ending time range.
type: time
required: false
{% endconfiguration %}
## Considerations
The primary purpose of this sensor is to use a simple time range definition instead of creating a complex template with references to `sun.sun` integration attributes.
The sensor state is ON when this condition `after` + `after_offset` <= `current time` < `before` + `before_offset`.
If `after` time is later than `before` then the next day is considered, i.e.:
```yaml
binary_sensor:
- platform: tod
name: Night
after: sunset
before: sunrise
```
In the above example, the next day `sunrise` is calculated as a time range end.