From cc8bd2d29d4ed84fcb52c2efa9df0dda06a34907 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 09:26:41 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] dry

---
 esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.h | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.h b/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.h
index 7b0c9072ba..b1b3df7bbd 100644
--- a/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.h
+++ b/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.h
@@ -72,11 +72,6 @@ struct Timer {
   uint32_t seconds_left;
   bool is_active;
 
-  std::string to_string() const {
-    return str_sprintf("Timer(id=%s, name=%s, total_seconds=%" PRIu32 ", seconds_left=%" PRIu32 ", is_active=%s)",
-                       this->id.c_str(), this->name.c_str(), this->total_seconds, this->seconds_left,
-                       YESNO(this->is_active));
-  }
   /// Buffer size for to_str() - sufficient for typical timer names
   static constexpr size_t TO_STR_BUFFER_SIZE = 128;
   /// Format to buffer, returns pointer to buffer (may truncate long names)
@@ -86,6 +81,10 @@ struct Timer {
              this->id.c_str(), this->name.c_str(), this->total_seconds, this->seconds_left, YESNO(this->is_active));
     return buffer.data();
   }
+  std::string to_string() const {
+    char buffer[TO_STR_BUFFER_SIZE];
+    return this->to_str(buffer);
+  }
 };
 
 struct WakeWord {