have you got
nextOccur = datetime.date(thisYear , dateMonth , dateDay)
in the python script
and did you add to the hass.states.set()
hass.states.set(sensorName , numberOfDays ,
{
"icon" : "mdi:calendar-star" ,
"unit_of_measurement" : "days" ,
"friendly_name" : "{}'s {}".format(name, type) ,
"nextoccur" : "{}/{}/{}".format(nextOccur.day,nextOccur.month,nextOccur.year) ,
"years" : years
}
)
you need to add it to the hass.state.set()
hass.states.set(sensorName , numberOfDays ,
{
"icon" : "mdi:calendar-star" ,
"unit_of_measurement" : "days" ,
"friendly_name" : "{}'s {}".format(name, type) ,
"original_date" : dateStr ,
"nextoccur" : "{}/{}/{}".format(nextOccur.day,nextOccur.month,nextOccur.year) ,
"years" : years
}
)
that should work as it a string but if not
"original_date" : "{}/{}/{}".format(dateStr.day,dateStr.month,dateStr.year) ,
still get head aound this python
I think the time format could be wrong did you try
'10:00:00'
I did add it to the hass.state.set(), as shown above.
Why wouldn’t it be possible to simply use the dateStr, or date?
I’ ve also tried your bottom suggestion but that won’t work, and renders None-None-None 
But, that’s already progress, and the system stays alive.
I’ve changed it into:
"original_date" : "{}-{}-{}".format(dateDay,dateMonth,dateYear)
and hurray, I see the original dates in the sensors attributes! At last.
Don’t understand why, but it works for now, so thats really nice, thanks for helping me out!
I leaning Python so im wing it
but what I do know
is we are playing with a String and and datetime value which are differance
also
id you did this
"original_date" : "{}".Format(dateStr) ,
mite of fix your problem
good to see you got it working
Thanks for the reply StePhan. No I didn’t. The format I put was from the example so figured it was right.
Thanks.
JR
just for reference, this is what I ended up with now:
hass.states.set(sensorName , numberOfDays ,
{
#"icon" : "mdi:calendar-star" ,
"entity_picture": "/local/family/{}.jpg".format(name.lower()),
"unit_of_measurement": "days",
"friendly_name": "{} turning {} in:".format(name, years),
"persoon": name,
"type": "{}".format(type.title()),
"years": years,
"original_date" : "{}-{}-{}".format(dateDay,dateMonth,dateYear)
}
)
so I can use a decluttering template:
card:
type: 'custom:secondaryinfo-entity-row'
entity: '[[entity]]'
secondary_info: '[[ {entity}.attributes.type ]]: [[ {entity}.attributes.original_date ]]'
and card config:
type: entities
style: |
ha-card {
background: url('/local/images/party.png');
background-size: cover;
background-color: var(--paper-card-background-color);
}
title: Celebrations
show_header_toggle: false
entities:
- type: custom:decluttering-card
template: event_date
variables:
- entity: sensor.event1
- type: custom:decluttering-card
template: event_date
variables:
- entity: sensor.event2
- type: custom:decluttering-card
template: event_date
variables:
- entity: sensor.event3
- type: custom:decluttering-card
template: event_date
variables:
- entity: sensor.event4
etcetc
nice.
Version 3 is now in HACS - adds the ability to use a future date and only uses the apostrophe for birthdays.
HI Marc,
do you have it on a GitHub repo also? Don’t use HACS.
Yes sir…
cool Mark,
now, another question: could the day (of the next occurence) be incorporated easily into the script? Is something I always need when checking for upcoming parties 
Hey, just to let you know, your script has a no-no and there’s some simplifying that you can do. By no-no i mean you’re overriding the built in type method.
The optimization would just be a personal preference.
You can also build in some ‘safety’ in case people don’t fully configure the thing.
Also, I added the awesome and far superior US date style.
today = datetime.datetime.now().date()
name = data.get('name', 'special') # defaults to special
eventtype = data.get('type', 'event') # defaults to event
region = data.get('region', 'EU') # defaults to dirty european date format.
dateStr = data.get('date', r'01/01/{}'.format(today.year)) # defaults to jan 1st this year.
sensorName = "sensor.{}_{}".format(eventtype.lower(), name.replace(" " , "_").lower())
fmat = '%d/%m/%Y' if region == 'EU' else '%m/%d/%Y'
origin = datetime.datetime.strptime(dateStr, fmat).date()
event = origin.replace(year=today.year)
event = event if event > today else event.replace(year=event.year+1)
friendly_name = "{}'s {}".format(name, eventtype) if eventtype=="birthday" else "{} {}".format(name, eventtype)
hass.states.set(sensorName , (event-today).days,
{
"icon" : "mdi:calendar-star" ,
"unit_of_measurement" : "days" ,
"friendly_name" : friendly_name,
"nextoccur" : event.strftime(fmat),
"years" : (event-origin).days//365,
}
)
uses
automation:
- alias: Reminder - Refresh date countdown sensors
initial_state: on
trigger:
- platform: time
at: '00:00:01'
- platform: homeassistant
event: start
action:
- service: python_script.date_countdown
data:
name: John
type: birthday
date: 17/08/1971
- service: python_script.date_countdown
data:
name: Our wedding
type: anniversary
date: 14/02/1994
- service: python_script.date_countdown
data:
name: Superior Date Style
type: birthday
date: 11/22/2019
region: US
above yields:
Log Details (ERROR)
Fri Nov 22 2019 16:10:56 GMT+0100 (CET)
Error executing script: name 'dateStr' is not defined
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/python_script/__init__.py", line 195, in execute
exec(compiled.code, restricted_globals, local)
File "event_date.py", line 12, in <module>
NameError: name 'dateStr' is not defined
Oops, fixed typo
… still some left. I think we need to quote the ‘birthday’ because it errors out on not defined otherwise.
friendly_name = "{}'s {}".format(name, eventtype) if eventtype=='birthday' else "{} {}".format(name, eventtype)
more importantly:
Fri Nov 22 2019 16:22:05 GMT+0100 (CET)
Error executing script: '__import__'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/python_script/__init__.py", line 195, in execute
exec(compiled.code, restricted_globals, local)
File "event_date.py", line 24, in <module>
KeyError: '__import__'
the ever present import issues in the HA Python sandbox. Line 24 is
"nextoccur" : event.strftime(fmat),
Nothing to import though. You can remove the strftime. I can’t test til I get home
ok, and o dear…
taking that out gives:
hass.states.set(sensorName , (event-today).days,
{
"icon" : "mdi:calendar-star" ,
"unit_of_measurement" : "days" ,
"person" : name,
"friendly_name" : friendly_name,
"nextoccur" : event,
"years" : (event-origin).days//365,
"origin" : origin,
}
)
and it takes down my HA instance once more, as reported above.
Unable to serialize to JSON: Object of type date is not JSON serializable
and then followed by the full config in the log for all entities and all their attributes…
must have to do with the 'next_occurandorigin` I added, because when I simply used dateString in the original script I got the same errors, and had to use:
"original_date" : "{}-{}-{}".format(dateDay,dateMonth,dateYear)
I mean if you just want it working you can split it out. or just cast it to a string but it will be year-month-day format
hass.states.set(sensorName , (event-today).days,
{
"icon" : "mdi:calendar-star" ,
"unit_of_measurement" : "days" ,
"person" : name,
"friendly_name" : friendly_name,
"nextoccur" : str(event),
"years" : (event-origin).days//365,
"origin" : str(origin),
}
)
But i can’t believe that strptime() works and strftime(fmat) doesn’t inside that environment.
hass.states.set(sensorName , (event-today).days,
{
"icon" : "mdi:calendar-star" ,
"unit_of_measurement" : "days" ,
"person" : name,
"friendly_name" : friendly_name,
"nextoccur" : event.strftime(fmat),
"years" : (event-origin).days//365,
"origin" : origin.strftime(fmat),
}
)
EDIT, also just so you know, any date() object (I.E. event, origin), you can get the day, month, year out of it with simply:
event.day
event.month
event.year
yes, affirmative.
this works:
today = datetime.datetime.now().date()
name = data.get('name', 'special') # defaults to special
eventtype = data.get('type', 'event') # defaults to event
region = data.get('region', 'EU') # defaults to dirty european date format.
dateStr = data.get('date', r'01/01/{}'.format(today.year)) # defaults to jan 1st this year.
sensorName = "sensor.event_{}_{}".format(eventtype.lower(), name.replace(" " , "_").lower())
fmat = '%d/%m/%Y' if region == 'EU' else '%m/%d/%Y'
origin = datetime.datetime.strptime(dateStr, fmat).date()
event = origin.replace(year=today.year)
event = event if event > today else event.replace(year=event.year+1)
friendly_name = "{}'s {}".format(name, eventtype) if eventtype=='birthday' else "{} {}".format(name, eventtype)
hass.states.set(sensorName , (event-today).days,
{
#"icon" : "mdi:calendar-star" ,
"entity_picture": "/local/family/{}.jpg".format(name.lower()),
"unit_of_measurement" : "days" ,
"person" : name,
"friendly_name" : friendly_name,
"years" : (event-origin).days//365,
"origin": "{}-{}-{}".format(origin.day,origin.month,origin.year),
"next_event":"{}-{}-{}".format(event.day,event.month,event.year)
}
)
Thanks for your response. it seams that i didn’t saved the file since i couldn’t find your script on my python file. All works good now.
Thanks for your help.