shevu
August 18, 2020, 1:35pm
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When I want to use time trigger in automations I have no possibility to select time. I have to manually enter “10:00:00”. It will be very great to have time picker there also.
Villhellm
August 18, 2020, 2:05pm
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This is possible with the use of a template and an input.https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/input_datetime/#automation-examples
But templates are supposedly too advanced for users, so it would be nice to see the process simplified.
After initially replying with a request for a “Schedule” Trigger type here, I realized that is a related, but separate request.
I suspect many newbies imagine creating automation turn on/off lights on a schedule. I’d like to see a “Schedule” Trigger type that provides some kind of day/time picker.
UPDATE: For simplicity sake, the automation trigger should be a time which triggers every day.
However, the day could be selected in the condition. Currently this can be done with a template condition (See my reply to @balloob below for more detail ), but it should be simpler.
I am proposing the following condition:
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