Binary sensor template delay at time

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Idea:
I have vacuum cleaner and wish to make binary sensor showing did it make cleanup today or not. According to documentation, template binary sensor has delay_on/delay_off variables, but seems like they are not able to recieve exact time via ‘at’ option.
My config looks like this:

- platform: template
  sensors:
    cleanup_check:
      value_template: '{{ is_state("vacuum.my_vacuum", "on") }}'
      delay_on:
          minutes: 20   #shorter cleaning time usually means that vacuum stacked somewhere
      delay_off:
          at: '00:00:00' #this line gives an error. idea is to reset cleanup sensor after midnight

Am I wrong, or delay_on/delay_off variables really can’t work with exact time? If they can’t, is there any similar solutions? I can make similar config using input_booleans, but I’d really wish to make as less additional entities, as possible.

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You should use the history stats component if you are trying to track runtime on a device:

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Thanks a lot!
My fault, somehow I missed this awesome component.