My first appdaemon dasboards

Automation for day_mod: use an image instead of sensor text.

ha automation

alias: Automatic day_mod selector
description: Switch input_select.day_mod based on time of day
triggers:
  - trigger: time
    at: "06:30:00"
  - trigger: time
    at: "10:00:00"
  - trigger: time
    at: "18:30:00"
  - trigger: time
    at: "21:30:00"
  - trigger: homeassistant
    event: start
actions:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: time
            after: "06:30:00"
            before: "10:00:00"
        sequence:
          - action: input_select.select_option
            target:
              entity_id: input_select.day_mod
            data:
              option: "πŸŒ…"
      - conditions:
          - condition: time
            after: "10:00:00"
            before: "18:30:00"
        sequence:
          - action: input_select.select_option
            target:
              entity_id: input_select.day_mod
            data:
              option: "β˜€οΈ"
      - conditions:
          - condition: time
            after: "18:30:00"
            before: "21:30:00"
        sequence:
          - action: input_select.select_option
            target:
              entity_id: input_select.day_mod
            data:
              option: "πŸŒ‡"
    default:
      - action: input_select.select_option
        target:
          entity_id: input_select.day_mod
        data:
          option: "πŸŒ™"
mode: single

config.yaml

input_select:
  day_mod:
    name: Day mod
    options:
      - "πŸŒ…"   # morning
      - "β˜€οΈ"   # day
      - "πŸŒ‡"   # evening
      - "πŸŒ™"   # night

dashboard widget

day_mode:
  widget_type: sensor
  entity: input_select.day_mod

  text_style: "color: #44d2a4 !important; font-weight: bold; font-size: 360%;"