Condition sun

Configuration
1

I want this automation sends me a message i am not home between sunrise and sunset if i leave my home zone. Is this correct? Must i use condition ‘and’ or condition ‘or’ ?

- alias: 'Maurizio lascia casa'
  trigger:
    platform: zone
    event: leave
    zone: zone.home
    entity_id: device_tracker.life360_maurizio
  condition:
    condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: sun
        after: 'sunrise'
      - condition: sun
        before: 'sunset'
  action:
    service: notify.telegram
    data:
      message: 'Nessuno a casa'
2

It seems to me that you only need one condition: state of sun.sun must be above-horizon.

- condition: state
  entity_id: sun.sun
  state: above_horizon
3

Ok, i’ll try it… thanks

4

as @sholofly said above the “above_horizon” will simplify things but to answer your question…

You need to use “and” since after sunrise will be true between sunrise and the next midnight and before sunset will be true between the previous midnight and sunset. So you need to eliminate the times after sunset till midnight and after midnight till sunrise. To do that you need to have both conditions true - after sunrise “and” before sunset.

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