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component	Time & Date	Instructions how to integrate the time and the date within Home Assistant.	2015-05-08 17:15	true	false	true	true	Sensor

The time and date 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'
    - 'time_date'
    - 'time_utc'
    - 'beat'

The types date_time and time_date shows the date and the time. The other types just the time or the date. beat shows the Swatch Internet Time.