Sunrise/Sunset Times Incorrect

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#1

Hi all,

Sorry for what looks like a duplicate post. I’ve searched around and there has been discussion of my problem, but all the solutions I have been able to find seem to refer to the defunct Classic app.

I have numerous lighting automations that call for lights to come on at sunset. However, I’ve noticed that timing of the automations is becoming more inaccurate each day. When I look in IDE, I see the following times for sunset/sunrise.:

Time Zone America/New_York
Weather
Sunrise 7:21 AM
Sunset 4:35 PM

I’ve seen in other threads that changing the geolocation to something different and then changing it back can solve the problem. When I change the location to LA and I get this:

Time Zone America/Los_Angeles
Weather
Sunrise 4:21 AM
Sunset 1:35 PM

Obviously, we’re a little off here :slight_smile: When I change the location back to my actual location, the sunrise/sunset times revert to 7:21 AM/4:35 PM.

If anyone has any suggestions here it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

#2

Where can you see that btw?

#3

do you have Smart Lighting installed? if not, install it and create a smart lighting rule that uses sunset/sunrise. it may need to run once before it properly adjusts to the correct time. so allow 24 hours and check the time.

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#4

IDE > locations > click on location name

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#5

Holy crap - that worked! I did not have Smart Lighting installed. I followed your instructions and now I have this in IDE

Time Zone America/New_York
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AM
Sunset 5:39 PM

Thanks so much!

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#6

those times are still slightly off but they should be better in 24 hours if you created a smart lighting rule :slight_smile:

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