Support time entities in automation time conditions/triggers selectors

[markbergsma]

Proposed change

Allow the new time entities introduced in 2023.6 to be used in automation 'time' conditions, just like input_datetime helpers and sensors with timestamp device class. Add them to the selectors in the frontend.

Type of change

• [ ] Dependency upgrade
• [ ] Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• [x] New feature (thank you!)
• [ ] Breaking change (fix/feature causing existing functionality to break)
• [ ] Code quality improvements to existing code or addition of tests

Example configuration

condition: time
after: time.time

Additional information

• This PR fixes or closes issue: fixes #
• This PR is related to issue or discussion: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/124575
• Link to documentation pull request: home-assistant/home-assistant.io#33217

Checklist

• [x] The code change is tested and works locally.
• [x] There is no commented out code in this PR.
• [ ] Tests have been added to verify that the new code works.

If user exposed functionality or configuration variables are added/changed:

• [x] Documentation added/updated for www.home-assistant.io

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Enhanced time-based automation conditions and triggers to support "time" entities.

• Improvements

  • Updated descriptions for time-based inputs to include "time entities" for better clarity.

[coderabbitai[bot]]

Walkthrough

The recent changes enhance the handling of time-based conditions and triggers in the automation configuration by adding a specific filter for the "time" domain. This ensures that only relevant time entities are considered. Additionally, the description in the translation file for valid inputs has been updated to include "time entities," providing clearer guidance for users.

Changes

Files	Change Summary
src/panels/config/automation/condition/types/ha-automation-condition-time.ts	Added { domain: "time" } to entity filter and updated logic for conditions starting with "time.".
src/panels/config/automation/trigger/types/ha-automation-trigger-time.ts	Added { domain: "time" } to entity filter and modified input mode condition for "time." prefix check.
src/translations/en.json	Updated "type_input" description to include "time entity" as a valid input.

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[bramkragten]

There is a merge conflict, can you please resolve this?

[edenhaus]

Core PR is merged, so this one can be merged too

[wawyed]

Although now I can select the entity through the dropdown. I don't think this fully solves the problem as I'm still getting validation errors when trying to save

[silamon]

The better way would be to open an issue. ( I'm opening a PR though and rechecking. )