Set date & time

Use this action to set the date and time on your Bosch alarm panel. When you do not provide a date and time, the current date and time of your Home Assistant instance are used.

This is handy to keep the clock on your panel in sync, for example with an automation that updates it after a power outage or on a regular schedule.

Using this action from the user interface

If you prefer building automations and scripts visually, Home Assistant walks you through this action step by step. You pick what to target, tweak a few options, and save. No YAML knowledge required.

To set the panel date and time from an automation or a script:

1. Go to Settings > Automations & scenes.
2. Open an existing automation or script, or select Create automation > Create new automation.
3. If you’re setting up a new automation, add a trigger in the When section. Scripts don’t need a trigger. They run when something else calls them.
4. In the Then do section, select Add action.
5. From the search box, search for and select Bosch Alarm: Set date & time.
6. Select the Config entry of the panel to update. Optionally, set the Date & time you want.
7. Select Save.

This action does not support targets. In the UI, you are not prompted to choose an area, device, entity, or label.

Options in the UI

Using this action in YAML

If you work directly in YAML, or you want to know exactly what Home Assistant does under the hood, this section has the technical reference. It lists the field names you use in YAML, their types, and which ones are required.

In YAML, refer to this action as bosch_alarm.set_date_time. A basic example looks like this:

action: bosch_alarm.set_date_time
data:
  config_entry_id: a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4
  datetime: "2025-05-01T12:00:00"

This sets the date and time on the selected panel to the given value.

Options in YAML

Good to know

• When you do not provide a date and time, the current date and time of your Home Assistant instance are used.
• The time zone of your Home Assistant instance is assumed for the value you provide.

Try it yourself

Ready to test this? Open Developer tools > Actions, search for this action, fill in the fields, and select Perform action. You see what happens on your actual entitiesAn entity represents a sensor, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to control other entities. An entity is usually part of a device or a service. [Learn more] without writing a line of YAML.

More examples

Real scenarios where this action shows up in automations and scripts. Copy any example and adapt it to your setup.

Automation: keep the panel clock in sync

Bosch alarm panels can drift over time. This automation re-syncs the panel clock to your Home Assistant time every night, so the panel always shows the correct date and time. Because no date and time are provided, the current Home Assistant time is used.

• Trigger: A scheduled time
• Action: Bosch Alarm: Set date & time

alias: "Sync Bosch alarm panel clock"
triggers:
  - trigger: time
    at: "04:00:00"
actions:
  - action: bosch_alarm.set_date_time
    data:
      config_entry_id: a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4

Still stuck?

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