Trying it in Python to debug it further, I get this:
In [6]: from datetime import datetime
In [7]: datetime.fromtimestamp(1695210904538)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-7-eee505ea12e4> in <module>
----> 1 datetime.fromtimestamp(1695210904538)
ValueError: year 55689 is out of range
That would explain why I couldn’t get it to work when I tried before I posted. I checked it using the time/date conversion site linked above and got the right result, so I thought the number was right, but didn’t think to divide it. Put that new entry in and it was working immediately.
I am sorry that I might not be have putting so much effort in this an reading all the posts here.
I need your help.
I want to let HA notify me of an upcoming calendar event with his kind of message and its code :
service: notify.notify
data:
title: Upcoming Calendar Event !
message: >-
“Event :{{ trigger.calendar_event.summary }} @ {{((
as_timestamp(trigger.calendar_event.start) ) | timestamp_custom(’%X’) |
string)[0:5]}} from icloud Calendar(name(d)) Thuis as (Not ALL Day Event) in
{{ (trigger.offset | as_local).strftime(”%-I:%M")}} - Event Test 8899"
the output is when the trigger offset is 13:01 minutes before the start of the event/appointment01 e.g. is (and the event name is “Test HAS calendar 46” :
Event :Test HA calendar 46 at Saturday @ 11:40:00 from icloud Calendar(name(d)) Thuis as (Not ALL Day Event) in -1 day, 23:47:00 - Event Test 889
But I really would like to say it like this (output) :
Event :Test HA calendar 46 at Saturday @ 11:40:00 from icloud Calendar(name(d)) Thuis as (Not ALL Day Event) in 13 minutes - Event Test 889
or when the offset is 1 hour and 15 minutes (so before the event :
Event :Test HA calendar 46 at Saturday @ 11:40:00 from icloud Calendar(name(d)) Thuis as (Not ALL Day Event) in 1 hour and 15 minutes - Event Test 889
Here are some more examples of output of the same code with different offsets (times before the event starts :
Event :Test HA calendar 46 at Saturday @ 11:40:00 from icloud Calendar(name(d)) Thuis as (Not ALL Day Event) in -1 day, 23:54:46 - Event Test 889
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- when 05:14 minutes before-----------
please help me with the conversion at least and maybe withe the calculation.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!
Ps: Before using trigger.offset I tried to compare the now() time and the start time of the calendar event (= trigger.calendar_event.start) in a calculation and put that as a nice time string in there till the event . but that got me even further into the rabbit hole/desperate. (my automation malfunctioned completely)
(a frustrated & desperate user)
Another veision would be :
service: notify.persistent_notification
data:
title: Upcoming Calendar Event !
message: >-
Event :{{ trigger.calendar_event.summary }} at {{((
as_timestamp(trigger.calendar_event.start) ) | timestamp_custom(’%X’) |
string)[0:5]}} from icloud Calendar(name(d)) Thuis as (Not ALL Day
Event) in {{trigger.offset | string }} - Event Test 889
with output (05:14 minute before the calandar event starts:
Event :Test HA calendar 47 at 11:55 from icloud Calendar(name(d)) Thuis as (Not ALL Day Event) in -1 day, 23:54:46 - Event Test 889
The trigger.offset returns a timedelta object, so you would have to use functions and methods that apply to that type of object. I would recommend that you set up the Easy Time Macros. Once you have that set up, your template would be as follows:
service: notify.notify
data:
title: Upcoming Calendar Event !
message: >-
{% from 'easy_time.jinja' import custom_time %}
{% set start = trigger.calendar_event.start | as_datetime %}
“Event :{{ trigger.calendar_event.summary }} @ {{ start.strftime('%H:%M') }}
from icloud Calendar(name(d)) Thuis as (Not ALL Day Event) in {{ custom_time( start, 'hour, minute') }} - Event Test 8899"
After playing quite some time with my ‘time topic’ without success, I am reaching out to the swarm intelligence of the homeassistant forum.
What I want to achieve:
Create a template binary_sensor that indicates whether it’s nighttime, I want to use it in my automations as a general guard whether the automation should run, or not.
pseudo code: begin_nighttime <= now < end_nighttime
or in a bit more realistic but still pseudo code: (begin_nighttime <= now() ) && ( now() < end_nighttime)
to avoid troubles caused by the reset of the hours at midnight we could rephrase the condition by checking for daytime and then negating it: ! ( ( now() >= end_nighttime) && (begin_nighttime > now() ) )
For easier maintenance via a dashboard card (WAF = Wife Acceptance Factor) I’ve created input_datetime helpers that only contain the time.
input_datetime.nighttime_start
input_datetime.nighttime_end
I want to combine them with now() to create the template binary_sensor.
But I am miserably failing. And would appreciate any help.
wow @Didgeridrew
thanks a lot for the very fast reply.
your solutions works if midnight is between start and end.
I wasn’t aware of today_at
but I think we need to care for the cases when midnight is not between start and end, just because people define start to be after midnight - might be the case on weekends… and people would have to sets of start/end pairs: one for workdays and one for non-workdays.
Now I am combining your hint with an if-statement.
It seems to work
{% set ts = today_at(states('input_datetime.nighttime_start_workday')) %}
{% set te = today_at(states('input_datetime.nighttime_end_workday')) %}
{% set tn = now() %}
{% if (ts > te) %} ## midnight not crossed
{% set night = not ((tn >= te) and (ts > tn)) %}
{% else %} ## midnight crossed
{% set night = ((tn < te) and (ts < tn)) %}
{% endif %}
Nighttime: {{ night }}
Schedule helper can only differentiate different days of the week, but is not aware of holidays.
I use the workday integration to have a sensor to indicate a working day, it is aware of local holidays and weekends of course.
I think this one works
{% if (states('binary_sensor.workday_sensor') == 'on') %}
{% set te = today_at(states('input_datetime.nighttime_end_workday')) %}
{% set ts = today_at(states('input_datetime.nighttime_start_workday')) %}
{% else %}
{% set te = today_at(states('input_datetime.nighttime_end_non_workday')) %}
{% set ts = today_at(states('input_datetime.nighttime_start_non_workday')) %}
{% endif %}
{% set tn = now() %}
{% if (ts > te) %} ## midnight not crossed
{% set night = not ((tn >= te) and (ts > tn)) %}
{% else %} ## midnight crossed
{% set night = ((tn < te) and (ts < tn)) %}
{% endif %}
{{ night }}
and it’s only possible because of your hint about today_at
I am often traveling and need to know the time of my phone (iOS device). I have the timezone of my phone in the (string) format “Europe/Berlin”. How do I template that into something that gives a UNIX timestamp (e.g. "now() in the time zone my phone is in)?
I have various hi/lo data collected from a local weather station via MQTT (example data below), and I would like to convert the time component to 12 hour time (such as 0:03 displayed as 12:03 am). I can display the time as received from MQTT but have had no luck converting to the preferred format.
if midnight is between start and end.