Template entity from Sun Integration

[aperture1988 (Craig)]

Hello Guys,

Would anyone be able to tell me if it is possible to create an entity based on the Sunset and Sunrise times listed in the Sun.sun entity?

[123 (Taras)]

Yes, it’s possible, with a Template Sensor, but what is the goal given that the information is already accessible from the sun.sun entity?

If it’s just to display the next sunrise/sunset in the UI, in what date/time format do you want the result to be shown?

Examples:

[aperture1988 (Craig)]

Hello,

Thank you for the reply, your suggest seems to work in the developer tool however when I attempt to create the sensor in my configuration file I am given the following error:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      sunrise:
        friendly_name: 'Sunrise'
        value_template: '{{state_attr('sun.sun', 'next_rising') | as_datetime | as_timestamp | timestamp_custom('%-H:%M')}}'

[aperture1988 (Craig)]

[aperture1988 (Craig)]

Not sure why but if a tweak the code slightly changing the ’ to " it seems to fix the issue.

thanks for your help

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      sunset_time:
        friendly_name: 'Sunset'
        value_template: '{{state_attr("sun.sun", "next_rising") | as_datetime | as_timestamp | timestamp_custom("%-H:%M")}}'

[123 (Taras)]

If you use single-quotes inside a template, you have to use double-quotes outside the template.

If you use double-quotes inside a template, you have to use single-quotes outside the template.

You can’t use the same kind quote inside and outside the template.