I am not sure this can be done without building (or finding a suitable custom card) but after a great deal of reading and testing in the template editor I am stuck and run out of ideas.
On the left is how a bunch of input_datetime’s currently display on an entity card:
To the right is a markdown card displaying in a more readable albeit static way the correct names and a readable date. Of course it updates with a change of the input_datetime…but I can’t set the date on the markdown card.
The entities card does not seem capable of displaying an input_datetime in a readable way presently. The only way I could get it passably useful was to override the name in my card config:
- type: entities
title: Systems Last Cleaned
show_header_toggle: false
entities:
- entity: input_datetime.only_date01
name: S Settling
- entity: input_datetime.only_date11
name: S Settled
- entity: input_datetime.only_date02
name: FP Settling
- entity: input_datetime.only_date03
name: SH Final Bio
- entity: input_datetime.only_date04
name: SH First Bio
- entity: input_datetime.only_date10
name: SH Swirl
- entity: input_datetime.only_date05
name: PA Final Bio
- entity: input_datetime.only_date06
name: PA First Bio
- entity: input_datetime.only_date09
name: PA Swirl
- entity: input_datetime.only_date07
name: SL Clarifier
- entity: input_datetime.only_date08
name: SL Screen
Now…If I visit the States UI I see the same input_datetime’s displayed in a much more readable way:
My question is how to display it like that in a standard lovelace card?
UPDATE: I was revisiting the entities card again after I posted this and after removing the name: override I find that the card behaves a little better than it was in a previous version of HA.
Would it be possible to stop the selector on the far right of the entities card from appearing somehow? That would be a good enough solution for now?
Cheers in advance for any help with this one!