Why is this timestamp template an hour off?

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Need to calculate the time between these 2 scripts last_triggered’s

{{state_attr('script.notify_turn_off_early_parking_light','last_triggered')}}
{{state_attr('script.notify_turn_on_parking_light','last_triggered')}}

and trying to do so with:

{{(as_timestamp(state_attr('script.notify_turn_off_early_parking_light','last_triggered'))
- as_timestamp(state_attr('script.notify_turn_on_parking_light','last_triggered')))| timestamp_custom('%H, %M, %S')}}

or with %X

{{(as_timestamp(state_attr('script.notify_turn_off_early_parking_light','last_triggered'))
- as_timestamp(state_attr('script.notify_turn_on_parking_light','last_triggered')))| timestamp_custom('%X')}}

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must be missing something b=obvious here, but can’t see it.
please help me out?

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Daylight Savings time?

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No, the individual times are alright, but the difference is an hour off (too much, it simply calculates the subtractions without making it a time … I’m doing the conversion incorrectly but forgot why and can’t find the answer…

edit

without the timestamp its getting better…

{{state_attr('script.notify_turn_off_early_parking_light','last_triggered')
- state_attr('script.notify_turn_on_parking_light','last_triggered')}}

results in the correct minutes and seconds, but still unformatted:

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@pnbruckner what am I clearly missing…

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You need to specify False for the second parameter to timestamp_custom. The default is to convert to local time, which doesn’t make sense when trying to format a difference between timestamps.

{{(as_timestamp(state_attr('script.notify_turn_off_early_parking_light','last_triggered'))
   - as_timestamp(state_attr('script.notify_turn_on_parking_light','last_triggered')))
  |timestamp_custom('%H, %M, %S', False)}}
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Yes! Thanks. That second parameter is not always in focus… sorry for that. Will make an extra note in my cookbook.

Don’t know why but can’t mark it as solved by @pnbruckner so ill give you the explicit credits by writing it. @anon34565116 was right also in hindsight, and now understand why I didn’t see why. Never forget now. thanks!

testing:

      - service: notify.system
        data_template:
          title: >
            {{as_timestamp(now()) | timestamp_custom('%X') }}: Parking is set and safely lit.
          message: >
            {%set time = (as_timestamp(state_attr('script.notify_turn_off_early_parking_light','last_triggered'))
                        - as_timestamp(state_attr('script.notify_turn_on_parking_light','last_triggered')))
                        |timestamp_custom('%H hours, %M minutes and %S seconds', False) %}
            Some templating saved you: {{time}} of costly energy.

cool!