Check if duration is greater than 15 mins

Configuration
1

Hey all,

I’m trying to figure out this time and duration templating business on HA. I have the following template in my automation yaml:

 value_template: >-
      {{ (trigger.to_state.last_changed - trigger.from_state.last_changed) }}

which returns a duration that looks like this : 0:03.37.750373

Now I want to check if this duration is greater than 15 mins. aka 0:15:00.0. Is my attempt below correct :

 value_template: >-
      {{ (trigger.to_state.last_changed - trigger.from_state.last_changed) >
      '0:15:00.0' }}

Please don’t ask me to fully transform timestamps to minutes only becuase I have no idea how to.

Thanks.

2

Is there anything you could use here:

3

Thanks but I’m not sure if that helps.

I would much rather familiarize myself with in-built HA time based templating first. Then I guess I’ll be better positioned to know if I require the integration.

4

Subtraction or addition of datetime objects returns a timedelta object so you need to use as_timedelta() so you are comparing like types:

{{ trigger.to_state.last_changed - trigger.from_state.last_changed > 
as_timedelta('0:15:00.0') }}

It could also be done as follows, using timedelta():

{{ trigger.to_state.last_changed - trigger.from_state.last_changed > 
timedelta(minutes=15) }}

Both of these filters can be found in the Time section of the Building Templates page in the docs.

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5

That was easy - works! Thank you!