Help with an automation to be triggered when a time set in a variable is reached

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Hi, my EV has preconditioning but when you set it, it’s for all days, although because we work mostly from home, if we forget to remove it, it will precondition the car for no reason the following day.

I have access in Home Assistant to clear the preconditioning of the car and see if it’s enabled (binary_sensor.precondition_enabled) and at what minute since midnight (so 8pm would be 1200) in sensor.precondition_time. These are not the real sensor names but for this post, it should be enough.

What would the trigger look like so I could call the clearing of the preconditioning an hour after its preconditioning time has been hit?

Thanks,

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I’ve done this. Does this seems like a good way of doing it? A better way?

trigger_variables:
  time_in_minutes: >-
    {{ states('sensor.time').split(':')[0] | int * 60 + states('sensor.time').split(':')[1] | int }}
trigger:
  - platform: template
    value_template: >-
      "{{ state_attr('binary_sensor.christine_scheduled_departure', 'Departurem time') | int + 60 == time_in_minutes }}"
condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: >-
      "{{ state_attr('binary_sensor.christine_scheduled_departure', 'Preconditioning enabled') }}"

Edit: Got this when rebooting so I guess it’s not going to work :frowning:


Error rendering trigger variables: TemplateError: Use of 'states' is not supported in limited templates