Set time

The Set time action sets the clock on the Elk-M1 panel to match the current time in Home Assistant.

This is useful when you want an automation to keep the panel clock accurate, for example after a power loss or on a regular schedule.

This action does not support targets. In the UI, you are not prompted to choose an area, device, entity, or label. If you have more than one Elk-M1 panel, use the Prefix option to choose which panel to set.

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 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 Elk-M1 Control: Set time.
6. If you have more than one panel, enter the Prefix of the panel you want to set.
7. Select Save.

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 elkm1.set_time. A basic example looks like this:

action: elkm1.set_time

This sets the panel clock to the current Home Assistant time.

Options in YAML

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.

Still stuck?

The Home Assistant community is quick to help: join Discord for real-time chat, post on the community forum with the action you’re calling and what you expected to happen, or share on our subreddit /r/homeassistant.

Related actions

These actions work well alongside this one:

• Speak phrase: Speaks a predefined phrase on an Elk-M1 panel.

• Speak word: Speaks a predefined word on an Elk-M1 panel.