Calendar Automations

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Hi there, I have just added google calendar to my setup, and what I want to do is now create an automation based on the holiday dates in the calendar, like Christmas etc.

I have tried to do this in the automation editor but can’t figure it out.

1 .need to check if the light is already on if not turn it on
2. then based on the calendar dates for Christmas change the light effect to Christmas between the date range, but have the go off at a set time come on at a set time etc. not sure how to do this

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Hey there!
You don’t need Google Calendar for this, you can just get the current date and see if it’s Xmas right now.
** brief outline ** I think you should just be able to call light.turn_on, regardless of whether it’s on or not, and then use data_template for the pattern.
I don’t really understand your English. Are you using a translator?

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Sorry I have altered the text a bit to make it a bit more readable, at the time iI was using my phone.

In answer to your response, i would like to try it both ways calendar and entering date range, do you have any examples of both.