Won't work I think I have an issue with 12h vs 24 hr clock time

[fourtrax01]

My automations won't trigger even though my next alarm is being updated and my date & time is correct, what I think may be the issue is that my alarm times reports as 8:30 AM and my date & time sensor is reporting on a 24 hour clock without Am/Pm so they never truly match and the automation never fires. Is there a way I can fix this?

[Johboh]

@fourtrax01 Hello! Are you using the legacy sensor or the input_datetime sensor?

[fourtrax01]

Input_datetime.sensor

[Johboh]

@fourtrax01 What value do you see for the input_datetime when looking at it in hass? And how does your automation look like? Make sure you are comparing the current time using the correct time format.

[fourtrax01]

This is my value template from my automation, I don't know jinja so I just copied yours. "{{ states('sensor.date_time') == (state_attr('input_datetime.next_alarm', 'timestamp') | int | timestamp_custom('%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M', True)) }}"

[fourtrax01]

Date & Time 2020-03-26, 05:51

[fourtrax01]

[Johboh]

Can you paste these in the template editor to get the values:

date_time: {{ states('sensor.date_time') }}
input timestamp: {{ state_attr('input_datetime.next_alarm', 'timestamp') | int }}
input formatted: {{ state_attr('input_datetime.next_alarm', 'timestamp') | int | timestamp_custom('%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M', True) }}
input formatted 12h: {{ state_attr('input_datetime.next_alarm', 'timestamp') | int | timestamp_custom('%Y-%m-%d, %I:%M %p', True) }}

[Johboh]

And what is your time now? 6:10am or 6:10pm :)? and your alarm is set to 8:30am?

[fourtrax01]

[fourtrax01]

6:21 am alarm set for 8:30 am

[fourtrax01]

Does it matter that the date is formatted differently as well? My alarm reports March 26, 2020 not 2020-03-26 add the date

[Johboh]

And what if you set an alarm for one minute a head, open the hassalarm app and go in to "Test Connection" to force push a new value, then add these to the template editor:

date_time: {{ states('sensor.date_time') }}
input timestamp: {{ state_attr('input_datetime.next_alarm', 'timestamp') | int }}
input formatted: {{ state_attr('input_datetime.next_alarm', 'timestamp') | int | timestamp_custom('%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M', True) }}
input formatted 12h: {{ state_attr('input_datetime.next_alarm', 'timestamp') | int | timestamp_custom('%Y-%m-%d, %I:%M %p', True) }}
24h/True: {{ states('sensor.date_time') == (state_attr('input_datetime.next_alarm', 'timestamp') | int | timestamp_custom('%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M', True)) }}
12/True: {{ states('sensor.date_time') == (state_attr('input_datetime.next_alarm', 'timestamp') | int | timestamp_custom('%Y-%m-%d, %I:%M', True)) }}
24/False {{ states('sensor.date_time') == (state_attr('input_datetime.next_alarm', 'timestamp') | int | timestamp_custom('%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M', False)) }}
12/False {{ states('sensor.date_time') == (state_attr('input_datetime.next_alarm', 'timestamp') | int | timestamp_custom('%Y-%m-%d, %I:%M', False)) }}

[fourtrax01]

[Johboh]

Well you have to wait until 06:42 before your do the evaluation :)

[fourtrax01]

My alarm went off but the automation didn't trigger

[fourtrax01]

Is the value template for my automation wrong?

[Johboh]

I want you to evaluate the expressions I posted above in the template editor during the same minute that your alarm is set to trigger, and see if any of the four expressions evaluates to True.

[fourtrax01]

Then I will have to do it on my computer a little later I can't copy and paste fast enough from my phone to get it all done in a minute. I'll try it out when I actually get up. Thanks I'll let you know

[fourtrax01]

[Johboh]

Still the time is not aligned :). 06:51 vs 06:52

[fourtrax01]

[fourtrax01]

Still false

[Johboh]

The problem now is because the alarm is set for tomorrow and not for today 😊. If you look at the date.

[fourtrax01]

[fourtrax01]

The very second the alarm goes off home assistant changes the next scheduled alarm date for the next day, why? Those were one time alarms not recurring ones.

[Johboh]

Make sure you set an alarm which is not a repeated alarm.

[fourtrax01]

It was not a repeated alarm

[fourtrax01]

I turned off all other alarms set on my phone and turned battery optimization on for hassalarm app and finally got in to read true.