Trigger an automation with a model

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Hi all

could you please help me to figure out what’s wrong here? I’m trying to fire up an automation with a model, which is based on a time helper I configure with another automation. This is the code I’d like to use in the Template trigger:

{{  states('input_datetime.timer_scaldasonno') == (as_timestamp(now()) | timestamp_custom('%H:%M')) }}

What I’m trying to do here is to trigger the automation when the current time matches the time I stored in the time helper previously, but can’t figure out what’s wrong here. I was thinking perhaps the comparison is not working because I’m not comparing the same data, but it looks like both are string type, so it should work I guess… I even tried this:

{{  states('input_datetime.timer_scaldasonno') == (as_timestamp(now()) | timestamp_custom('%H:%M:%S')) }}

just to make sure it wasn’t due to the missing Seconds, but it doesn’t work too.

Any idea?

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Since the changes in the WTH month you don’t need to use template triggers to do this. This will work:

trigger:
  platform: time
  at: input_datetime.timer_scaldasonno

See the third example here: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/trigger/#time-trigger

Nice eh?

3

Damn that worked like a charm… Completely overlooked it… I spent 3 hours building the template :frowning:

Anyway, thanks to you I fixed it, that’s the most important thing.

Thanks a lot !