Multiple Sensor Updates at Same Timestamp

[git4-me]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I need to update about a dozen sensor values which I'm gathering and push them to HA on a regular time interval. I call .set_state(value) on each one. As a result the recorded timestamp is a little off.

Describe the solution you'd like
.set_state(...) should take an optional argument where you can give the timestamp of the recorded data. This would also allow to make the recording at the exact minute/second instead of being a few milliseconds off due to the time it takes to pull values and then call .set_state(...) on each.

Describe alternatives you've considered
A way to make at least all sensor updates to a device an atomic action. Like: 1. start update call (new API), 2. call set_state() on each, then 3. call push update (new API).

Thanks for considering this request.

[unixorn]

I don't have much time to do more than maintenance on the project right now, but it does seem like a good idea.

[unixorn]

Maybe make the timestamp for a metric an optional argument that defaults to the current behavior if timestamp is unspecified.

[git4-me]

Yes, the optional timestamp would be the best way. Is this something you could add? Thanks, Philipp

[unixorn]

Eventually. I don't have much time for doing anything other than maintenance right now.