FWIW, I use packages, and ever since I moved to that configuration structure, the buttons did me no good. But maybe things have improved since I last tried.
Ah, yes. I’ve read that using packages eliminates the usefulness of those buttons. it makes sense that it wouldn’t work in those cases.
@pnbruckner - sorry for the delay but we have liftoff! the automations are now firing! Below are the template results
2019-03-01 22:46:50.272538+00:00
2019-03-01 17:46:50.272660-05:00
2019-03-01 17:46:50.272817-05:00
2019-03-01 17:46:50.281783-05:00
UTC
America/New_York
EST
Thanks so much for your help! Let the tinkering begin!
Glad it’s working. That output, BTW, shows that HA and the environment that HA is running in agree on time zone. (And I’m assuming America/New_York aka EST is correct for you, and those times are correct, too.)