Corrected rain storm start date device class

README.md

@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ The following entities will be created:
     - Today's highest rain rate
 - Rain Rate Time:
     - Time of today's highest rain rate (or Unknown if no rain)
+- Rain Storm:
+    - Total rainfall during an extended period of rain
+- Rain Storm Start Date:
+    - Start date or current rain storm
 - Solar Radiation: 
     - Current solar radiation
 - Solar Radiation (Day): 
@@ -113,10 +117,6 @@ The following entities will be created:
     - 10 minutes average wind speed
 - Wind Speed (Bft): 
     - 10 minutes average wind speed in Beaufort
-- Rain Storm:
-    - Total rainfall during an extended period of rain
-- Storm Start Date:
-    - Start date or current rain storm
 - Extra Humidity 1-7: 
     - Current humidity extra sensor 1-7
 - Extra Temperature 1-7:
@@ -152,4 +152,4 @@ The entity information is updated every 30 seconds (default or other value is ch
 
 During first setup the communication to the weather station can be a bit tricky, resulting in an error saying the device didn't communicate. Please try again to set it up (can take up to 5 times).
 
-Determining Wind Gust value is done by reading archive data of the weather station. Unfortunately this part of the library function is a bit unstable.
+Determining Wind Gust value is done by reading archive data of the weather station.

custom_components/davis_vantage/client.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """All client function"""
 from typing import Any
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta, time
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, time, date
 from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 import logging
 import asyncio
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ def convert_values(self, data: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         data["WindRoseSetup"] = 8 if self._windrose8 else 16
         if data["RainCollector"] != RAIN_COLLECTOR_IMPERIAL:
             self.correct_rain_values(data)
+        data['StormStartDate'] = self.strtodate(data['StormStartDate'])
 
     def correct_rain_values(self, data: dict[str, Any]):
         if data["RainDay"] is not None:
@@ -362,3 +363,9 @@ def strtotime(self, time_str: str | None) -> time | None:
             return None
         else:
             return datetime.strptime(time_str, "%H:%M").time()
+
+    def strtodate(self, date_str: str | None) -> date | None:
+        if date_str is None:
+            return None
+        else:
+            return datetime.strptime(date_str, "%Y-%m-%d").date()

custom_components/davis_vantage/const.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 DOMAIN = "davis_vantage"
 MANUFACTURER = "Davis"
 MODEL = "Vantage Pro2/Vue"
-VERSION = "1.1.6"
+VERSION = "1.1.7"
 
 DEFAULT_SYNC_INTERVAL = 30  # seconds
 DEFAULT_NAME = NAME

custom_components/davis_vantage/sensor.py

@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@
         key="StormStartDate",
         name="Rain Storm Start Date",
         icon="mdi:calendar-outline",
+        device_class=SensorDeviceClass.DATE,
         entity_registry_enabled_default=False
     ),
     SensorEntityDescription(