Automation only between october and january

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Hi folks,

I want to create an automation that only works from october to january.

How can I do this?
The datetime-helper only gives me the opportunity for one year.

thanks for help
Bernd

2

make a template condition checking the month. Or make a template sensor that checks the month and only turns on during those months.

{{ now().month in [10, 11, 12, 1] }}
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3

this seems to be exacly what I’m looking for.

…but I’m a bloody noob and don’t have any idea how to work with templates. :frowning:

4

you have the template… you just now have to use it. The rest is yaml.

5

All you need is to combine the template condition with the template you were given.

Here’s the one from the docs:

condition:
  alias: "Iphone battery above 50%"
  condition: template
  value_template: "{{ (state_attr('device_tracker.iphone', 'battery_level')|int) > 50 }}"

Replace the template on the last line with the one petro gave you (and change the alias). Don’t forget to keep the outer quotes:

condition:
- alias: "October to January"
  condition: template
  value_template: "YOUR_TEMPLATE_GOES_HERE"

(I added a - so that if you add other conditions you don’t have issues)

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