Calendar replacement

[tomlut]

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Sad to see that this integration is being depreciated as it made it very simple to create template binary sensors like this to control display of picture card reminders in my dashboards:

- name: "Garbage Today"
  icon: "mdi:trash-can"
  state: "{{ is_state('sensor.waste', '0') }}"

- name: "Garbage Tomorrow"
  icon: "mdi:trash-can"
  state: "{{ is_state('sensor.waste', '1') }}"

- name: "Recycling Today"
  icon: "mdi:recycle"
  state: "{{ is_state('sensor.recycling', '0') }}"

- name: "Recycling Tomorrow"
  icon: "mdi:recycle"
  state: "{{ is_state('sensor.recycling', '1') }}"

Assuming I created a local calendar with repeating dates for recycling and garbage collection, how would I update theses template binary sensors so that they continue to function?

[bruxy70]

There is no need for the today templates in the local calendar, this is directly in the entity state. For tomorrow, you can trigger automations through events with offset.

[tomlut]

Events are of zero use when using conditional cards. I need an entity with a state.

[bruxy70]

you can set an entity value with a trigger

[tomlut]

So triggered binary sensors.

Seems a lot less of an elegant solution, especially when events overlap, as I understand it, requiring seperate calendars.