Year change error of Timercondition?

[chris_14]

For several month my rule for calculating the opening- and closing-time for the blinds works correct. But today (1.1.2011) it is faulty. The aim is: opening-time is 8:00 at weekdays and 9:00 at weekend. Closing time is 21:45 or at sunset + 1h, if this is later (in the summer).
The code of this rule:

        <rule id="calc_daylight_present">
            <condition type="or">
                <condition type="timer" trigger="true">
                    <at hour="08" min="00" exception="no" wdays="12345" />
                    <until hour="21" min="45"/>
                </condition>
                <condition type="timer" trigger="true">
                    <at hour="09" min="00" exception="no" wdays="67" />
                    <until hour="21" min="45"/>
                </condition>
                <condition type="timer" trigger="true">
                    <at hour="12" min="0"/>
                    <until type="sunset" offset="1h"/>
                </condition>
            </condition>
            <actionlist type="if-true">
                <action type="set-value" id="daylight_present" value="on" />
            </actionlist>
            <actionlist type="if-false">
                <action type="set-value" id="daylight_present" value="off" /> 
            </actionlist> 
        </rule>

Here is the log:

2010-12-28 21:45:0 > off
2010-12-29 8:0:0 > on
2010-12-29 21:45:0 > off
2010-12-30 8:0:0 > on
2010-12-30 21:45:0 > off
2010-12-31 8:0:0 > on
2010-12-31 21:45:0 > off
2011-1-1 12:0:0 > on
2011-1-1 17:33:0 > off

As one can see, both times are calculated wrong at 1.1.2011.
Any idea?

[jef2000]

Hi,

I guess January 1st is in the list of exception days.
Since you use parameter  exception="no", the first 2 timers will not  trigger during exception days.
Due to this, the only timer that operates is the 3rd one, starting at 12:00 and stopping at sunset +1h
If you want the same behavior regardless if it's an exception day or not, you need to completely remove parameter exception="…" from the timer definitions.

Happy new year 2011, and have a lot of fun with linknx,

Jean-François

[chris_14]

Hi Jean-François,

yes you are right, I schould have known this. Thank you and a happy new year from me too.
Chris