Tomorrows date automation

Configuration
1

I’m trying to figure out a way to start an automation; I want the trigger to be if the state has tomorrow’s date. If you know how to do it, please feel free to share it with me

2

The state of which entity?

What format is it in?

Look in Developer Tools → States to get the true untranslated state.

3

Probably a template trigger:

trigger:
  - platform: template
    value_template: >
      {{ (states('sensor.YOUR_ENTITY')|as_datetime).date() == 
         (now()+timedelta(days=1)).date() }}

but as Tom says, without knowing the format of your entity we are guessing.

4

Ok, thanks, @tom_l and @Troon.

I hadn’t considered using Developer Tools → States, which could help me figure this out.

This automation triggers when it’s today’s date. It then creates an event on Google Calendar for garbage collection (plastic, residual waste, glass and metal, paper) and for mail delivery.

For future improvements, I’ll try to figure out how to not only check today’s date but maybe also 10 days ahead and create an event on Google Calendar for that day. However, that will be a later task.

Here is my automation for those who want to know. I use the following integrations:

  • “Når kommer posten” (When does the mail arrive)
  • “Min renovasjon” (My waste collection)
  • Google Calendar

alias: Lage event i google kaleneder
description: post og restavfall
trigger:
  - alias: glass og metall
    platform: template
    value_template: >-
      {{ (states('sensor.glass_og_metall') |regex_match('\\d{2}/\\d{2}/\\d{4}'))
      and (states('sensor.glass_og_metall')  == (now().strftime('%d/%m/%Y')
      |string).split(' ')[0]) }}
    id: glass og metall
  - alias: matavfall
    platform: template
    value_template: >-
      {{ (states('sensor.matavfall') |regex_match('\\d{2}/\\d{2}/\\d{4}')) and
      (states('sensor.matavfall')  == (now().strftime('%d/%m/%Y')
      |string).split(' ')[0]) }}
    id: matavfall
  - alias: papir
    platform: template
    value_template: >-
      {{ (states('sensor.papir') |regex_match('\\d{2}/\\d{2}/\\d{4}')) and
      (states('sensor.papir')  == (now().strftime('%d/%m/%Y') |string).split('
      ')[0]) }}
    id: papir
      - alias: posten
    platform: template
    value_template: >-
      {{ (states('sensor.posten_sensor_next')|as_datetime).date() ==
      (now()+timedelta(days=0)).date() }}
    id: posten
  - alias: restavfall
    platform: template
    value_template: >-
      {{ (states('sensor.restavfall') |regex_match('\\d{2}/\\d{2}/\\d{4}')) and
      (states('sensor.restavfall')  == (now().strftime('%d/%m/%Y')
      |string).split(' ')[0]) }}
    id: restavfall
condition: []
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - matavfall
        sequence:
          - service: google.create_event
            target:
              entity_id: calendar.posten
            data:
              in: 
                days: 0
              summary: Matavfall
              description: Matavfall
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - restavfall
        sequence:
          - service: google.create_event
            target:
              entity_id: calendar.posten
            data:
              in: 
                days: 0
              summary: Restavfall
              description: Restavfall
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - glass og metall
        sequence:
          - service: google.create_event
            target:
              entity_id: calendar.posten
            data:
              in:
                 days: 0
              summary: Glass og Metall
              description: Glass og Metall
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - papir
        sequence:
          - service: google.create_event
            target:
              entity_id: calendar.posten
            data:
              in: 
                 days: 0
              summary: Papir
              description: Papir
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - posten
        sequence:
          - service: google.create_event
            target:
              entity_id: calendar.posten
            data:
              summary: posten
              description: posten
              in:
                days: 0
mode: single