From 28c6fbdc9e29a4e5b9bf7c18f87e359d4531449d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:50:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [api] Mark timezone string field as deprecated in
 GetTimeResponse

parsed_timezone struct should be used instead. The string field will be
removed before 2027.1.0.
---
 esphome/components/api/api.proto | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api.proto b/esphome/components/api/api.proto
index 4437617354..f0f7f4a3b1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api.proto
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api.proto
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ message GetTimeResponse {
   option (no_delay) = true;
 
   fixed32 epoch_seconds = 1;
-  string timezone = 2;
+  string timezone = 2 [deprecated = true];  // Use parsed_timezone instead. Remove before 2026.9.0.
   ParsedTimezone parsed_timezone = 3;
 }