Hey,
I’m trying to define times for day and night, and I want to be able to change it from the interface. So i created 2 ‘helpers’ as input times, one for morning start time, and one for night start time (maybe i’ll add evening and more if it works).
I didn’t succeed to make it work from the TOD platform (binary sensor).
# Trying to create 'tod' with input datetime as 'after' and 'before'
# Not working (Configuration invalid)
- platform: tod
name: Night Time
after: "{{ states('input_datetime.night_start.state') }}"
before: "{{ states('input_datetime.morning_start.state') }}"
so I tried to make it work like a regular template (without TOD), but it works only if night time is before 00:00 (23:59).
# Trying to create night time sensor as a template
# Configuration is valid, but getting wrong date if night time is after midnight
- platform: template
sensors:
day_time:
value_template: "{{ states('input_datetime.night_start') [0:5] > states('sensor.time') > states('input_datetime.morning_start') [0:5] }}"
friendly_name: "Day Time"
icon_template: mdi:white-balance-sunny
What is the correct way to do something like this?
Thanks.