How to make HA annouce the current time

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Hi there, I’m fairly new to HA and so far I have only implemented automations via the visual editor.
I basically would like to create an automation that when motion is detected, HA is announcing the current time or on a smart speaker. I’ve been reading for hours through all kind of HA community sites but I’m stuck.
Where do I start ? Do I need to create a script, a template ? Do I need to create a sensor ? Add something to the configuration.yaml ?
I saw that I need to add somewhere: It’s {{ now().strftime(’%-I:%M’) }} but where?

So far I have added the following to the configuration.yaml

Text to speech

tts:

  • platform: google_translate

Example configuration.yaml entry

sensor:

  • platform: time_date
    display_options:
    • ‘time’
    • ‘date’
    • ‘date_time’
    • ‘date_time_utc’
    • ‘date_time_iso’
    • ‘time_date’
    • ‘time_utc’
    • ‘beat’

But what is next ? I’m lost here.

Besides, the tts service is running fine, for instance I’m running an automation to announce the time when it’s 8 o’clock and my homepod plays it

action:

  • service: media_player.play_media
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.homepod_white
    data:
    media_content_id: media-source://tts/google_translate?message=it%27s+8+o%27clock
    media_content_type: provider
    metadata:
    title: it’s 8 o’clock
    thumbnail: https://brands.home-assistant.io/_/google_translate/logo.png
    media_class: app
    children_media_class: null
    navigateIds:
    - {}
    - media_content_type: app
    media_content_id: media-source://tts
    - media_content_type: provider
    media_content_id: media-source://tts/google_translate?message=it%27s+8+o%27clock
    enabled: true

I would be really grateful if someone could guide me (for dummies) which steps I have to take to make HA announce the current time. Many thanks

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 It is {{  now().strftime("%H:%M:%S") }}
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Thanks Blackway, much appreciate your swift response but where to I need to enter this, in a script, a template or straight into an automation ? A full code would really help

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In the automation when working in YAML-Code. I use a different service-call, I use Text-to-Speech (TTS): Say a TTS message with google_translate

  - service: tts.google_say
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.homepod_white
      language: en
      message: >-
        Good morning! It is {{ now().strftime("%d/%m/%Y") }}.
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That worked, thanks so much