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page	Time & Date	Instructions on how to integrate the time and the date within Home Assistant.	2015-05-08 17:15	true	false	true	true	home-assistant.png	Calendar	Local Push	pre 0.7	internal	/components/sensor.time_date/

The time and date (time_date) sensor platform simple displays the time in various formats, the date, or both.

To enable this sensor in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: time_date
    display_options:
      - 'time'
      - 'date'
      - 'date_time'
      - 'date_time_iso'
      - 'time_date'
      - 'time_utc'
      - 'beat'

• display_options array (Required): The option to display. The types date_time, time_date, and date_time_iso shows the date and the time. The other types just the time or the date. beat shows the Swatch Internet Time.