Adjust light based on time and date

Hi everybody,

after a lot of tinkering I have finished my automation to automatically adjust the light color and temprature based on the current time and day.

The idea and the inital code is from @JesseWebDotCom

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###  Detect when lights are turned on and adjust them accordingly based on time.
###  Original Code by @JesseWebDotCom https://github.com/CCOSTAN/Home-AssistantConfig/blob/676c554698f6aeeef9637aa10dc231a2c3228bac/automation/System/detect_and_adjust_lights.yaml
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###  Updated by Fabian Bader
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- alias: detect lights and adjust the brightness when turned on based on time
  hide_entity: False
  trigger:
    - platform: event
      event_type: state_changed
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###  Only trigger when entity_id is light
###  Do not trigger when entity is_hue_group is true
###  Do not trigger when entity_id is livingroom
###  Only trigger when from_state is off
###  Only trigger when to_state is on
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  condition:
    condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: group.family
        state: 'home'
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ trigger.event.data is not none }}"
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ trigger.event.data.entity_id is not none }}"
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ trigger.event.data.entity_id.split('.')[0] == 'light' }}"
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ trigger.event.data.entity_id.split('_')[0] != 'light.livingroom' }}"
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ trigger.event.data.old_state.attributes['is_hue_group'] != true }}"
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ trigger.event.data.old_state.state == 'off' }}"
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ trigger.event.data.new_state.state == 'on' }}"
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###  Monday - Friday from 05 - 06 light will be dimmed to 75
###  Monday - Friday from 06 - 08 light will be dimmed to 180
###  Sunday - Thursday from 08 - 23 light will be dimmed to 255
###  Friday - Saturday from 23 - 03 light will be dimmed to 150
###  All other times are 1
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  action:
    - service: light.turn_on
      data_template:
        entity_id: "{{ trigger.event.data.entity_id }}"
        brightness: >
          {% set hour=states("sensor.time").split(':')[0] | int %}
          {% set dayOfWeek=now().weekday()  %}
          {%- if hour >= 0 and hour < 3 and dayOfWeek in [5,6] -%}
            150
          {%- elif hour >= 5 and hour < 6 and dayOfWeek in [0,1,2,3,4] -%}
            75
          {%- elif hour >= 6 and hour < 8 and dayOfWeek in [0,1,2,3,4] -%}
            180
          {%- elif hour >= 6 and hour < 8 and dayOfWeek in [5,6] -%}
            75
          {%- elif hour >= 8 and hour < 23  -%}
            255
          {%- elif hour >= 23 and hour < 24 and dayOfWeek in [4,5]  -%}
            255
          {%- elif hour >= 23 and hour < 24 and dayOfWeek in [0,1,2,3,6]  -%}
            150
          {%- else -%}
            1
          {%- endif %}
        color_temp: >
          {% set hour=states("sensor.time").split(':')[0] | int %}
          {%- if hour >= 5 and hour < 8  -%}
            400
          {%- elif hour >= 8 and hour < 23  -%}
            366
          {%- else -%}
            500
          {%- endif %}
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Thank you so much, I just used it and it works great ! :slight_smile:

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