Automation not triggering specific time

Configuration
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I have the below automation, after 7:00PM light never turns on and input_boolean.vacation_mode shows “on”.

alias: Spare Room Lights Toggle
trigger:
  - platform: homeassistant
    event: start
  - platform: time
    at: '19:00:00'
  - platform: time
    at: '21:00:00'
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.vacation_mode
    state: "on"
action:
  - service_template: >
      {% if now().hour > 21 or now().hour < 19 %}
        light.turn_off
      {% else %}
        light.turn_on
      {% endif %}
    entity_id: light.spare_room_light_switch_dimmer
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What happens to your logic if it’s triggering at exactly 7p? (which is exactly what the trigger would do)

The way I read it nothing happens because now.hour is currently equal to 19 and not greater than 21 or less than 19.

Change your operators to greater than or equal to 21 and less than or equal to 19

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Agreed that is an issue, however I would expect that to always turn the light on (the else case) not off.

Still worth trying this:

action:
  - service_template: >
      {% if 19 >= now().hour >= 21  %}
        light.turn_off
      {% else %}
        light.turn_on
      {% endif %}
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alias: Spare Room Lights Toggle
trigger:
  - platform: homeassistant
    event: start
  - platform: time
    at:
      - '19:00:00'
      - '21:00:00'
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.vacation_mode
    state: "on"
action:
  - service: "light.turn_{{ 'on' if now().hour in [19, 20] else 'off' }}"
    target:
      entity_id: light.spare_room_light_switch_dimmer

EDIT

Correction. Added missing period

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Thanks all. Liked this one. That said didn’t work but added in a period between “light” and turn" and that fixed it.

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