Opinion about a rule with time and light trigger

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I would like to get your opinion about a rule I made.
I want to set a specific rule that if the time is between 18:55 to 19:30 and one of the light is on (LR, door, kitchen), than I want the door light and LR light to turn off and the kitchen light to turn on.

Does this rule make sense?

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Looks good to me. The important thing is that it works for your needs. :slight_smile:

There are multiple ways to setup rules, and the performance difference will typically not have much of an impact on your hub.

As a point of reference, if I had to create the same rule, I would use “Use Required Expression”:

Required Expression
Time between 6:55 and 7:30pm

I would have set the same trigger as what you have

I would have set the same “if” condition, except for the “Time between” which is covered by the “Use Required Expression” part. I would have added an “END-IF” to it.

But should you change yours? I would say nop, as long as it works as you need it to! :slight_smile:

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