Template won't trigger

Configuration
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1

Well, this drives me nuts for 2 days now:

alias: Morning alarm
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: template
    value_template: >-
      '{{ states("sensor.date_time") ==
      (as_timestamp(states('sensor.motorola_razr_5g_next_alarm'))| int -60)|
      timestamp_custom("%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M") }}'
condition: []
action:
  - service: mqtt.publish
    data:
      topic: blinds/side/percentage
      payload: '10'
mode: single

MQTT works, Template works(checked with developer tools>Templates) but TRIGGER never happens.
Help please.

2

Remove the outside quotes around template.

3

Thanks! It worked. I’ve found so many different variations of this template and all were wrong. Perhaps version changes introduce new syntaxes?

#HateC++ :slight_smile:

4

No, it’s been like this since I started using HA three years ago.

You need to quote your template if you enter it inline:

value_template: '{{ ... }}'

But if you use multi-line YAML, you do not:

value_template: >
  {{ ... }}

Also, be careful how you use quotes inside quotes. You had:

'{{ ... 'xxx' ... }}'

If your outside quotes are single quote characters, then you should use double quote characters inside (and vice versa.)

'{{ ... "xxx" ... }}'

or

"{{ ... 'xxx' ... }}"
5

I think that’s were the problem originated. Try entering template into as a single line in the “New Automation” screen in Visual Editor. Save that automation and then open “Edit in YAML”. You will see that your single line is converted into >- multiline but the quotes are still there.