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Timer in Home Assistant
timer
part of Home Assistant since 0.57
Quality: Internal
Timer 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
- 83,956 (11.7 % of the installations that share statistics)
- Categories
- Automation, Helper
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 Monitor the state of an appliance - by leofabri
- Automation Manual Light – Manually controls lights using switches, timers, binary sensors, and input text, with timer and input text services.
- Automation Trigger - Run ON Timer – Activates timers with input buttons, controlling switches and lights via timer service.
- Automation ZEN32 and ZEN35 Scene and State (Z-Wave JS)(v2026.9.5) – Manages ZEN32/35 scenes and states with Z-Wave JS, using multiple entities and logbook calls.
- Automation Timer – Switches devices based on a timer. Requires a timer entity and timer service.
- Automation Entity - Run ON Timer – Triggers actions on a timer with light control. Requires timer and light entities.
Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration