Cannot use Date in trigger if using sunrise or sunset only time

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Greetings,

Using RM5 and wanting to change the LFIX lights to Pink on Valetines day 35 minutes after Sunset.

I can add an annual date if I choose a Time but cannot if I choose Sunset... Why?

If I use the Date as a Required Expression if does not reset see - Rule Machine (5.1) issue: Required Expression for single date does not reset after that date

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Regards,

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I think you can accomplish this by using a Required Expression. This used to be called Predicate Conditions and you can read about it more here: New App Features in 2.2.8

Hope this helps!

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Clearly I need to read more carefully in that you tried that but there appears to be a bug.

Sorry about that. :frowning:

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OK. I did some testing and things worked as expected with what I used.

For Required Expression I used "Between two dates" with 2022-02-21 for both dates and specific times specified fairly close together. I turned logging on so I was able to observe the required expression become true and then become false. The triggers did fire and then didn't fire as expected. Maybe you could set a Between two Dates with times between 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM for the Required Expression.

I haven't tested "On a Day" as it will take several days to observe. I will set it up and see if I see the same behavior you saw in your other post.

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Next release has this available...

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Thank you for the quick response

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I'll try the between dates using the same date.
Thanks for the response.