Can anyone help with a template and helper issue?

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Hi all,

wonder if anyone can help with the following scenario:

I’m looking to make use of a input_select, where a list of half hour times are provided. I’m trying to match the current time to the time selected (or within a 5 min after tolerance):

The dropdown list of values are defined as below:

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I’ve tried creating 2 templates, called current_time and current_time_plus_5

- sensor:
  - name: current_time
    state: >
        {{ (now()).strftime("%H:%M:%S") }}

  - name: current_time_plus_5
    state: >
        {{ (now() + timedelta(minutes = 5)).strftime("%H:%M:%S") }}

Which is then picked up in a template in an automation:

{% if ((states('input_select.time_of_day')  >= states('current_time')) and (states('input_select.time_of_day')  <= states('current_time_plus_5'))) %}
true
{% else %}
false
{% endif %}

However, even with the current time is within the allocated timeframe, this is still not returning true.

Can anyone help with how this should be coded?

Thanks in advance!

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You don’t need any other sensors.

{% set tod = today_at(states('input_select.time_of_day')) %}
{{ tod <= now() <= tod + timedelta(minutes=5) }}
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Thanks Petro, much appreciated - works great!