Rules between sunset and sunrise

[edstobi]

hello
I have a small problem
I want to check when on the esp an event occurs if it is in the time between sunset and sunrise. If yes then turn light(GPIO 12,1) on otherwise ignore.
I have tried with time comparison but it does not work because of date change at midnight.

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 If  %systime%>%sunrise% 
  let,1,0
Endif

 If  %systime%<%sunset% 
  let,1,1
Endif

Second attempt. I set a variable to 1 when sunset and to 0 when sunrise.

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on Clock#Time=All,%sunrise% do
 let,1,0
 endon
on Clock#Time=All,%sunset-2h% do
 let,1,1
endon

This works if the esp runs constantly. But if it is rebooted after sunset, the variable is not set because we are already after sunset. The cycle works again the next day. This is annoying and I would like to find a solution for it.

Does anyone have an idea how i can get the start after sunset?

[TD-er]

Let's say your event is called "myevent"...

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on myevent do
  if %systime% > %sunset% or %systime% < %sunrise%
    gpio,12,1
    timerSet,1,30 // Set timer #1 to 30 seconds      
  endif
endon


On Rules#Timer=1 do  //When Timer1 expires, do
    gpio,12,0
endon

So this will also set a timer to turn off the GPIO pin 12 after 30 seconds.

N.B. you can also add or subtract some time from sunrise and sunset.
For example %sunrise+10m% to add 10 minutes to sunrise.

[edstobi]

THX

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if %systime% > %sunset% or %systime% < %sunrise%

just take an OR, its so easy´( when you think of it)
EDSTOBY

[TD-er]

You can still use an and, but then you need to 'negate' it

A or B == not( not(A) and not(B) )

The simplest "not" in ESPEasy rules is an "else"

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if %systime% > %sunrise% and %systime% < %sunset% 
  // Not interesting as it is daytime
else
  // Situation: %systime% > %sunset% or %systime% < %sunrise%
endif