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Uptime Sensor

The uptime sensor allows you to track the time the ESP has stayed up for in seconds. Time rollovers are automatically handled.

# Example configuration entry
sensor:
  - platform: uptime
    type: seconds
    name: Uptime Sensor

Configuration variables

type (Optional): Either:
- seconds (default): A simple counter.
- timestamp : presents the time ESPHome last booted up. Requires a Time.
update_interval (Optional, Time): The sensor reporting interval. Defaults to 60s. Valid only with type: seconds.

# Working example
time:
  - platform: homeassistant
    id: esptime

sensor:
  - platform: uptime
    name: "My Device Last Boot"
    type: timestamp
    time_id: esptime
    device_class: timestamp
    entity_category: diagnostic

All other options from Sensor.

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