Set input_datetime with automation

[fjgenieter]

The trigger is a door opening.
I want this helper to be that time when it opens.
What should be the data?

[tom_l]

"{{ now().timestamp()|timestamp_custom('%H:%M', true) }}"

[fjgenieter]

@tom_l
Is this also for date and time? And do I put this in data?

Thanks for your reply!

[tom_l]

@fjgenieter

Is this also for date and time?

No you only asked for time.

@fjgenieter

I want this helper to be that time when it opens.

You can adjust the format of timestamp_custom() to include the date in the format the input_datetime expects.

Input Datetime

%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

Actually, you can just use the timestamp for this:

"{{ now().timestamp() }}"

@fjgenieter

And do I put this in data?

I assume so, but I don’t use the UI so I don’t really know what format it is expecting.

[fjgenieter]

I tested this and another comment I found somewhere else.
It works in the UI.

This is the other I found:

datetime: ‘{{ now().strftime(’‘%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S’‘) }}’

And @tom_l solution:

“{{ now().timestamp() }}”

Thank you!