Automation, time triggers and/or conditions, "for less than X seconds"

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Hi,
is there a way to express a “for less than” X minutes/seconds in a state trigger or condition?

For example, I want to trigger an automation only if a switch has been off for less than, say, 5 seconds.

How would you do that?

Thanks
gl

2

I found a hint for a possible solution here:

isn’t there a language construct to express this?

3

I am also looking for a solution for this. Did you ever figure it out?

4

Maybe i don’t understand what you mean, but which value do you expect for ‘less than X’?

automation:
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: switch.my_switch
    state: 'off'
    for:
      seconds: X-1

that’s less than X. :slight_smile:

5

Yeah, it’s something like:

  - alias: Movement detected right after light switched off
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.pir
        from: 'off'
        to: 'on'
    condition: 
      condition: template
      value_template: '{{(as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(states.switch.my_light.last_changed) < 2)}}'
    action:
      - service: homeassistant.turn_on
        entity_id: switch.my_light
      - service: homeassistant.turn_on
        entity_id: input_boolean.keep_my_light_on