Misc: Can't Trigger an Automation once a User Is Active on their PC with the Template Provided in the HASS.Agent Docs

[ars4l4n]

One of the examples from the Hass.Agent Docs didn't work.

An automation with this as a trigger never triggers for me:

alias: example
trigger:
- platform: template
  value_template: "{{ (now() - states('sensor.testvm_lastactive')|as_datetime).total_seconds() < 60 }}"
action:
   ... etc ...

Using the "User Active" sensor below as a trigger does however work.

template:
  - binary_sensor:
      - name: "User Active"
        state: "{{ as_timestamp(now(),0) - as_timestamp(states('sensor.staging_lastactive'),0) < 60 }}"

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