Automation trigger time disrepency (1 hour too soon)

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Hi to all,

When using automation triggers, my automation fires 1 hour too soon.

When I check this template in dev mode, time is correct

{{ now() }}
{{ utcnow() }}

Time in HassOS is also correct.

Automation using Node Red fires at the correct time.

Any other ideas ?

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What time zone are you in? Please paste in the YAML code for an automation that is running too soon — correctly formatted.

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(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

alias: Éclairage Cour Arrière - Soirée Régulier
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: sun
    event: sunset
    offset: "00:05:00"
    id: Eclairage_Soiree_Regulier
  - platform: time
    at: "23:30:00"
condition: []
action:
  - if:
      - condition: trigger
        id: Eclairage_Soiree_Regulier
    then:
      - service: scene.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: scene.eclairage_cour_arriere_soiree_regulier
        metadata: {}
    else:
      - service: scene.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: scene.eclairage_cour_arriere_jour_off
        metadata: {}
mode: single
4

And that’s triggering at 22:30? Can you paste in an Automation Trace for it like this:

image
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That’s from my very simple automation:

alias: Hot water - immersion heater on
description: Immersion run in Go cheap period
id: 24d45bfd-fd24-48b6-a6ff-02c3562745b2
trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: '03:50:00'
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.hot_water_enable
    state: 'on'
action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    entity_id: switch.immersion_switch_relay
5

What do these output?

{{ now() }}
{{ utcnow() }}

I know you said “they are correct” but I’d like to see what they output please.

6

Result type: string

2023-05-05 11:35:29.708586-04:00
2023-05-05 15:35:29.708604+00:00

This template updates at the start of each minute.

7

Yep, thats correct.

So which trigger is off by an hour? Platform Time or Sunset?

8

Damn … found it !
Sorry about that guys, I can delete the whole post lol

Automation trace was good

When looking at the graph, I realised the OFF script was called 2 times. I had an old Node Red from a previous test firing it at 22h30 :man_facepalming:

trace2
trace21647Ă—217 42.1 KB

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:crazy_face: so easily done. Glad it’s sorted now.

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