Condition via template; Sunrise later then 7:00 then true

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Although HA user from the start I still struggle with templates.

As part of a condition I want to validate if “sunrise time”+30 mins is after 7:00 then return true. It’s not important that this is tomorrows or todays sunrise. Difference is minimal.

Prefer to do this as a template vs multiple automatons. Any suggestions?

Use case:
I use Occusim Appdeamon app to run simulated lights when on holiday. However there are no conditional parameters; It runs in it completeness when a particular boolean is “on”. This means that my morning light routine also runs when it is not needed (eg when sunrise is before 7:00) . I’m splitting my Occusim in 2 parts so I can set another boolean to ‘on’ when sunrise is indeed after 7:00 causing the simulation also to run in the morning but only when it is needed.

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Template is one thing but I’d like to understand the use case behind this condition too :slight_smile:

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added use case.

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Maybe I should not have asked :slight_smile:
Some idea, sun_next rising vs. 07:00… you could skip the 2nd timedetla if you are only checking before sunrise ‘today’…the idea is that the template returns true of false

{{ as_local(as_datetime(state_attr('sun.sun', 'next_rising'))) - timedelta(hours=6,minutes=30) < (today_at("07:00:00")+ timedelta(hours=24)) }}

possibly there are more efficient ways…others may chime in

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For the standard Sun integration (AKA sun.sun):

{% set rise30 = 
(state_attr('sun.sun', 'next_rising') | as_datetime | as_local
+ timedelta(minutes=30)).strftime('%H:%M') %}
{{ today_at(rise30) > today_at('07:00:00')}}

If you use the HA Sun2 integration you can use a slightly more compact template:

{% set rise_30 = state_attr('sensor.sunrise', 'today') + timedelta(minutes=30) %}
{{ rise_30 > today_at('07:00:00')}}
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Thanks @vingerha @Didgeridrew