Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
If _state_helper is called on a class which extends EntityInfo which contains a datetime member, the following error results:
TypeError: Object of type datetime is not JSON serializable
Describe the solution you'd like
changing the json.dumps at approximately line 771 in init.py in the write_config method from
config_message = json.dumps(self.generate_config())
to
config_message = json.dumps(self.generate_config(), default=str)
fixes the problem
Describe alternatives you've considered
Changing the EntityInfo to remove or change the datetime, this is not ideal as conversion is required for comparison
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