Is there any way to create a custom time period that only uses Sunset or Sunrise and not both?

[h0ckeysk8er (Bruce Pinsky)]

@csstup

Well I’m not able to see how to do it with just simple on at sunset, off at midnight…

Im sure I’m overlooking something.

I believe this should work, but not home to test it.

[JDRoberts]

@csstup

@h0ckeysk8er

Yep, it did and still does as mentioned by @JDRoberts

Oh you mean setting an “only during this time” prerequisite. That I can see allowing a mix between sunrise/sunset and a specific time.

I meant a “turn light on at sunset, off at XXX” type rule. I can’t make any automations that allow that on either version of the smart app now - maybe it was at one point.

Oh, I see.

Yes, The usual examples under the old architecture were for motion sensors, which would be active for a period where sunrise/sunset was only one of the endpoints. That’s how ours worked with the porch light.

I agree, I think if you wanted two actions, turn on, and then turn off later, it always required two automations, one to turn on, and then another to turn off.

[csstup (Corey Stup)]

@JDRoberts

The usual examples under the old architecture were for motion sensors, which would be active for a period where sunrise/sunset was only one of the endpoints

Funny, how people approach things differently. We don’t use any motion lighting, so for me the only sunset/sunrise rules I create are time based (sometimes with mode overrides). So I read the above “it turns on” as “it will turn on” vs “it can turn on”.