Does anyone have yaml code I can look at where weekday is used as a condition? I’m having trouble with one I’m trying to setup.
thanks
Only fires on a Wednesday…
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Here’s a template that uses weekdays
{% set curhour = now().hour %}
{% if now().weekday() in (0,1,2,3,4) %}
{% if curhour <= 23 and curhour >= 13 %}
homeassistant.turn_on
{% else %}
homeassistant.turn_off
{% endif %}
{% else %}
{% if curhour <= 2 or curhour >= 13 %}
homeassistant.turn_on
{% else %}
homeassistant.turn_off
{% endif %}
{% endif %}
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- alias: Lights on before Sunrise
trigger:
- platform: sun
event: sunrise
offset: '-00:50:00'
condition:
condition: time
weekday:
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
action:
- service: scene.turn_on
entity_id: scene.morning_sunrise
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Triggers at 04:30 on Monday to Thursday, but only if we’re at home.
- id: gym lights
alias: Gym lights
trigger:
platform: time
at: '04:30:00'
condition:
- condition: and
conditions:
- condition: time
weekday:
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- condition: state
entity_id: device_tracker.karley
state: home
action:
- service: light.turn_on
entity_id: light.bike_stand
data:
brightness: 58
rgb_color:
- 58
- 58
- 58
- service: light.turn_on
entity_id: light.cave_lamp
data:
brightness: 20
rgb_color:
- 20
- 20
- 20
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Three years later - here my solution I’ve found. I needed two timers for weekdays and weekend. During the week at 6:45 on weekend at 8:15. I’ve tried many times and got it working with this
alias: Good morning 0645 birds chirping and light on
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: time
at: '06:45:00'
- platform: time
at: '08:15:00'
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: group.family
state: home
- condition: template
value_template: >-
{{ ( now().weekday() in (0,1,2,3,4) and now().hour == 6) or (
now().weekday() in (5,6) and now().hour == 8) }}
action:
- scene: scene.morning_lights
- service: script.turn_on
data:
variables:
volume: 0.01
media: birds chirping 1 - 60min - loud - 64k.mp3
speakers: >-
media_player.wohnzimmer_paar,media_player.schlafzimmer_paar,media_player.shower,media_player.bad
entity_id: script.play_song_media_speakers
mode: single
Searched for this too, well, now you can do the following (still pretty stupid):
alias: 'demo'
description: ''
mode: queued
trigger:
- platform: time
at: '08:00:00'
id: weekdays
- platform: time
at: '10:00:00'
id: weekends
condition: []
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: weekdays
- condition: time
weekday:
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
sequence: []
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: weekends
- condition: time
weekday:
- sat
- sun
sequence: []
default: []
max: 10
Or if you want to do one thing, regardless if it’s a weekday or weekend, flip the days on the cases and use the default case:
alias: demo
description: ''
mode: queued
trigger:
- platform: time
at: '08:00:00'
id: weekdays
- platform: time
at: '10:00:00'
id: weekends
condition: []
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: weekdays
- condition: time
weekday:
- sat
- sun
sequence: []
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: weekends
- condition: time
weekday:
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
sequence: []
default:
- type: turn_on
device_id: ba53147b3446b11fcb46bb8dd12fcfe8
entity_id: light.ceiling
domain: light
max: 10
For future readers, this is detailed in the docs under Time Condition in Conditions - Home Assistant.
It also mentions the included Workday integration, which is a more powerful alternative: Workday - Home Assistant
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What if I want to run my automation only biweekly (withouth using custom components or calendar integration, I want to do this natively with HA)?
Would I need to template a trigger/condition? What would this look like?
Update:
found a “solution” following Monthly automation - #2 by VDRainer.
I needed something to work on Sundays only.
Functioning example, using UI:
Trigger:
Time at 10am
Condition:
Time between 10am and 10:05am on Sundays
Action:
Device make coffee, I wish 
I hope this helps.
