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Input Datetime in Home Assistant
input_datetime
part of Home Assistant since 0.55
Quality: Internal
Input Datetime is an official Home Assistant integration for Automation and Helper.
Facts about this integration
- Compatible with Home Assistant
- yes, official integration
- Setup
- in configuration.yaml
- Kind
- Helper
- Quality scale
- Internal – Part of Home Assistant itself, not rated separately.
- Installations
- 106,635 (14.9 % of the installations that share statistics)
- Categories
- Automation, Helper
- Maintained by
- @home-assistant/core
Setup
- This integration is set up in configuration.yaml, not in the user interface.
- The documentation lists the exact entries; restart Home Assistant after adding them.
Blueprints that use this integration
- Automation Turn on light, switch, scene, script or group based on motion and illuminance. – Activates lights, scenes, or groups based on motion and illuminance sensor thresholds.
- Automation Occupancy
- Automation 📬 Smart mailbox – Tracks mailbox status, counts deliveries, and sets reminders using sensors and inputs.
- Automation Motion-activated Light with illuminance, nightmode and dimmable – Activates lights based on motion, illuminance, and dimmable settings with night mode.
- Automation IKEA E2490 BILRESA Scroll Wheel (Zigbee2MQTT + ZHA) – Controls media and lighting with an IKEA scroll wheel via MQTT and ZHA. Uses multiple entities and integrations.
- Automation Drinking Water Tracker & Reminder – Tracks drinking water intake with timers and input date time, sending reminders via mobile app notifications.
Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration