"Message malformed: Invalid time specified" - Newbe need Help with script

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Hi everyone, i’m tring to do my first script.

I’m creating a time field

time_start:
  selector:
    time: {}
  name: Time start
  description: "Inserisci il limite orario di inizio"
  required: true

and i’m tring to use it in a condition based on time

if:
  - condition: time
    after: "{{ time_start }}"
    before: "{{ time_end }}"
then:
  - service: timer.start
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: "{{ timer_entity }}"
enabled: true

but i try to save the script i keep geting this error message:

Message malformed: Invalid time specified: {{ time_start }} for dictionary value @ data[‘sequence’][0][‘if’][0][‘after’]

This is all the script:

alias: "Timer: start timer on time condition"
sequence:
  - if:
      - condition: time
        after: "{{ time_start }}"
        before: "{{ time_end }}"
    then:
      - service: timer.start
        metadata: {}
        data: {}
        target:
          entity_id: "{{ timer_entity }}"
    enabled: true
fields:
  time_start:
    selector:
      time: {}
    name: Time start
    description: Inserisci il limite orario di inizio
    required: true
  time_end:
    selector:
      time: {}
    description: Inserisci il limite orario di fine
    name: Time end
    required: true
  timer_entity:
    selector:
      entity:
        multiple: false
    name: Timer entity
    description: Entità del timer
    required: true
description: Fa partire un timer se si trova in quell'intervallo di tempo
icon: mdi:clock-time-eight-outline

whot i’m doing wrong?

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You can’t template every field in home assistant. Typically the only fields you can template throughout HA are fields that indicate it with _template in the name. There are exceptions to this though. It’s always best to just consult the documentation.

To do that condition, you need to use a full template.

- condition: template
  value_template: "{{ today_at(time_start) < now() < today_at(time_end) }}"
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Thanks petro, I’ve never heard of the term template, i just did some automations, and i was tring to expand them with some scripts. Can you link to me some documentation about template, and how to integrate it with script or(aned automation.

4

These are templates

5

oh, thank you very much!