Lights automation mixed between sun elevation and time

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You have a few error in this automation.

Did you make this using the GUI? because it should have formatted this correctly, but it isn’t.

If you are using a text editor for yaml, you are better off using Studio Code Server Add-On, it helps heaps!

I am not sure what that last “condition” is, I assume it is a default (but i think the trigger.id is going to fail).

But try this:

- alias: 'Scheduled Exterior'
  trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sun.sun
    attribute: elevation
    below: 1.8
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sun.sun
    attribute: elevation
    above: -3.1
  - platform: time
    id: 'off'
    at: 00:00
  - platform: homeassistant
    event: start
  action:
  - variables:
      e: "{{ state_attr('sun.sun', 'elevation') | float }}"
  - choose:
    - conditions:
      - "{{ e <= 1.8 }}"
      - "{{ is_state('light.exterior', 'off') }}"
      - "{{ is_state('light.exteriorspecial, 'off) }}"
      sequence:
      - service: light.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: 
            light.exterior
            light.exteriorspecial
    - conditions:
      - "{{ e >= -3.1 }}"
      - "{{ is_state('light.exterior', 'on') }}"
      sequence:
      - service: light.turn_off
        target:
          entity_id: light.exterior
    default:
      - service: {{ 'light.turn_' + trigger.id }}
        target:
          entity_id: light.exteriorspecial
  mode: single