Timer trigger for every second day [Solved]

[zavjah]

Hi there,

I'd like to have my watering started every second day and was wandering is there a trigger similar to 'every odd day' or 'every other day'?

Thanks for help and cheers,
Zavjah

[waaren]

I'd like to have my watering started every second day and was wandering is there a trigger similar to 'every odd day' or 'every other day'?

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-- This one executes on odd days (jan 1 = 1 and feb 1 = 32, etc ) at 19:38

return 
{
    on = 
    {
        timer =  { function(domoticz) return  os.date('*t').yday % 2 == 1  and domoticz.time.matchesRule('at 19:38') end },
    },

    execute = function(dz)
        dz.log('Do stuff on odd days',dz.LOG_FORCE)
    end
}

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-- This one executes every other day at 19:38 (Thx to @jvdz )
return 
{
    on = 
    {
        timer =  { function(domoticz) return  math.floor(os.time()/86400) % 2 == 1  and domoticz.time.matchesRule('at 19:38') end },
    },

    execute = function(dz)
        dz.log('Do stuff every other day',dz.LOG_FORCE)
    end
}

[zavjah]

Awesome, thank you

[jvdz]

Don't think this test is "full-proof":

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os.date('*t').yday % 2 == 1

The last day of this year and first day of next year will both be oneven:
31-12-2020 = 365
1-1-2021 = 1
.. so on 1 - jan - 2021 the script will run without the one day gap.
You probably need to work with the juliandate days since Epoch.

maybe:

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math.floor(os.time()/60/60/24) % 2 == 1

Jos

[waaren]

The last day of this year and first day of next year will both be oneven:
maybe:

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math.floor(os.time()/60/60/24) % 2 == 1

Thx. Nice catch. I add this to my post so OP can choose