Does command exist? IF SUNRISE or IF NOT SUNRISE

[hoeby]

I want to make a script for the front door lamp.
The lamp goes on at 6:30hour and off at 10 minutes after sunrise

In the winter this is no problem. Sunrise is after 6:30hour.
But in the summer sunrise could be at 5:30hour. So in the summer the light goes off at 5:40hour, but on at 6:30hour. Which keeps the light on for the rest of the day.

There i was thing for something like:
if 6:30hour and before sunrise then --> ON
else --> off

But is it possible to use "before sunrise" without minutes added?
I only see the before sunrise option in the timer part. But not used in the script.
Could somebody help me with this?

[emme]

have a look to the domoticz Utils embedded in dzVents... specially to the domoticz.time.matchesRule('<time rule>') that return a true or false

[waaren]

IThere i was thing for something like:
if 6:30hour and before sunrise then --> ON
else --> off

Have a look at the attached. Using this you can experiment with the the different checks

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return {
	on = {
		timer = { 'every minute' },
		},
	execute = function(dz)
        timeTests = {
                        atTimeTest_1   = dz.time.matchesRule('at 13:40'),
                        betweenTest_1  = dz.time.matchesRule("between sunset and sunrise"),
                        betweenTest_2  = dz.time.matchesRule("between sunrise and sunset"),
                        combineTest_1  = dz.time.matchesRule("between sunrise and sunset") and dz.time.matchesRule('at 13:20-04:00'),
                        combineTest_2  = dz.time.matchesRule("between sunrise and 06:30"),
                        combineTest_3  = dz.time.matchesRule("at 06:30") and dz.time.matchesRule('before sunrise'),
                        
                    }
        
        for testName, test in pairs(timeTests) do
            dz.log(testName .. ' ==>> ' .. tostring(test),dz.LOG_FORCE)
        end
    end
}

[hoeby]

@ waren, i tried the options.
The dz.time.matchesRule("before sunrise") doesn't work. I don't get an error, but the switch is not set.


The dz.time.matchesRule("between sunrise and 06:30") is a strange setting.
When using like written. And sunrise would be 05:30. Then i thoughed domoticz handles it as "between 05:30 and 06:30"
But when i change it to "between 06:30 and sunrise" and sunrise still would be 05:30. Then also domoticz handles it as "between 05:30 and 06:30".
Domoticz doesn't look which archument is before and after the AND

[waaren]

The dz.time.matchesRule("between sunrise and 06:30") is a strange setting.
When using like written. And sunrise would be 05:30. Then i thoughed domoticz handles it as "between 05:30 and 06:30"
But when i change it to "between 06:30 and sunrise" and sunrise still would be 05:30. Then also domoticz handles it as "between 05:30 and 06:30".
Domoticz doesn't look which argument is before and after the AND

Lua (domoticz) first evaluate the first expression in a combined one and only if true evaluates the next one. The dzVents time rules do evaluate like this
If sunrise is at 6:00 then ('Between sunrise and 06:30') will evaluate to true only between 6:00-6:30
if sunrise is at 8:00 then ('Between sunrise and 06:30') will evaluate to true between 08:00-00:00 and between 00:00 and 06:30

Please play a bit with the example script below and you will see how dzVents and within time rule differs from the Lua and.

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return {
	on = {
           timer = { 'every minute' },
		},
        
 	logging = {
        	level = domoticz.LOG_DEBUG,
        	marker = "timer"
    	},
        
	execute = function(dz)
        timeTests = {
                        ['at 13:40'] = dz.time.matchesRule('at 13:40'),
                        ['between sunset and sunrise']  = dz.time.matchesRule("between sunset and sunrise"),
                        ['between sunrise and sunset']  = dz.time.matchesRule("between sunrise and sunset"),
                        ['between sunrise and sunset and at 13:20-04:00']  = dz.time.matchesRule("between sunrise and sunset") and dz.time.matchesRule("at 13:20-04:00"),
                        ['between sunrise and 06:30']  = dz.time.matchesRule("between sunrise and 06:30"),
                        ['at 06:30 and before sunrise']  = dz.time.matchesRule("at 06:30") and dz.time.matchesRule("before sunrise"),
                        ['at 06:30']  = dz.time.matchesRule("at 06:30"),
                        ['at 20:44 and before sunse'] = dz.time.matchesRule("at 21:44") and dz.time.matchesRule("before sunset"),
                        ['before sunrise'] = dz.time.matchesRule("before sunrise"),
                        ['at 06:30 and before sunrise'] = dz.time.matchesRule("at 06:30") and dz.time.matchesRule("before sunrise"),
                        ['at 09:30 and before sunrise'] = dz.time.matchesRule("at 09:30") and dz.time.matchesRule("before sunrise"),
                        ['between 9:30 and sunrise'] = dz.time.matchesRule("between 9:30 and sunrise"),
                    }
        dz.log('-----6:30-Sunrise-------------------------------sunset-----------------------6:30--------Sunrise -----',dz.LOG_FORCE)
        dz.log('-----|----|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------|------ ',dz.LOG_FORCE)          
        
        for testName, test in pairs(timeTests) do
            dz.log(testName .. ' ==>> ' .. tostring(test),dz.LOG_FORCE)
        end
    end
}

If you have questions after that then please include the log output of this script to help me understand where you see any unexpected behavior.