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layout: page
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title: "Times of the Day Binary Sensor"
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description: "Instructions on how to integrate Times of the Day binary sensors within Home Assistant."
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date: 2019-01-14 23:35
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sidebar: true
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comments: false
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sharing: true
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footer: true
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ha_category: Binary Sensor
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ha_release: 0.89
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ha_iot_class: "Local Push"
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logo: home-assistant.png
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ha_qa_scale: internal
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---
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The `tod` platform supports binary sensors which get their values by checking if the current time is within defined time ranges.
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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.
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In addition for sun position based ranges, the negative or positive offset can be configured.
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## {% linkable_title Configuration %}
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Here is an example of adding a sensor to the `configuration.yaml` file:
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```yaml
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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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binary_sensor:
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- platform: tod
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name: Early Morning
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after: sunrise
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after_offset: '-02:00'
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before: '07:00'
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```
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{% configuration %}
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name:
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description: Name of the sensor.
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required: true
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type: string
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before:
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description: The absolute local time value or sun event for beginning of the time range.
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required: true
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type: string or time
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before_offset:
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description: The time offset of the beginning time range.
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required: false
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type: time
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after:
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description: The absolute local time value or sun event for ending of the time range.
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required: true
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type: string or time
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after_offset:
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description: The time offset of the beginning time range.
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type: time
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required: false
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{% endconfiguration %}
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## {% linkable_title Considerations %}
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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` component attributes.
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The sensor state is ON when this condition `after` + `after_offset` <= `current time` < `before` + `before_offset`.
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If `after` time is later than `before` then the next day is considered, i.e.:
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```yaml
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binary_sensor:
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- platform: tod
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name: Night
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after: sunset
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before: sunrise
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```
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In the above example, the next day `sunrise` is calculated as a time range end.
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