Indigo Domotics

I'd like to run a script only on weekend. Is there easy way to set and maintain a boolean variable that would be true on weekends?

miketeel wrote:

I'd like to run a script only on weekend. Is there easy way to set and maintain a boolean variable that would be true on weekends?

Here's a copy of the code that I use. There's more here than you need, but what you want is in there.

Code: Select all

from datetime import datetime, time

# ==== Globals ====
day_of_week = datetime.today().weekday()
time_of_day = datetime.now().time()
month = datetime.today().strftime("%B")
day = datetime.today().strftime("%A")
dayOfMonth = datetime.today().strftime("%d")
year = datetime.today().strftime("%Y")
fancyDate = "%s %s, %s" % (month, dayOfMonth, year)
fancyTime = "%s" % datetime.now().time().strftime("%I:%M")

indigo.variable.updateValue(171889768, day)
indigo.variable.updateValue(120808817, month)
indigo.variable.updateValue(692601213, dayOfMonth)
indigo.variable.updateValue(1376792491, year)
indigo.variable.updateValue(1356967768, fancyDate)
indigo.variable.updateValue(1150196462, fancyTime)

# ==== Weekday or Weekend? ====
if 0 <= day_of_week <= 4:
   weekday = u'Weekday'
else:
   weekday = u'Weekend'
indigo.variable.updateValue(1663542915, weekday)

# ==== AM or PM? ====
if time(00,00) <= time_of_day <= time(11,59):       
   am_pm = u'AM'
else:
   am_pm = u'PM'
indigo.variable.updateValue(949417705, am_pm)


Dave

What causes the script to run exactly? Is it a trigger or schedule? The solution might be less complex than Dave's reply but I don't know until I get some context.

Here's the simpler version.

Code: Select all

from datetime import datetime, time

if 0 <= datetime.today().weekday() <= 4:
   weekday = u'False'
else:
   weekday = u'True'
indigo.variable.updateValue(VARIABLE ID, weekday)

I may be missing something here... But why not just schedule an action for some time Friday night or Saturday AM with an action to set your "weekend" variable true, and another scheduled action for Sunday night/ monday AM to set it false again.

There might be several different and easier approaches - depending on the exact nature of the problem being solved...

I use my dateTime script to update variable values for several different things. The most important is HVAC logic which accounts for weekday/weekend, AM/PM, home/away, holidays, and vacations. I also create some formatted strings for control pages.

Dave

Here's a snippet from a larger time/day applescript that I have that runs at midnight every night:

Code: Select all

set weekend to {Saturday, Sunday}
if weekday of (current date) is in weekend then
   set value of variable "Weekend" to "Yes"
else
   set value of variable "Weekend" to "No"
end if


Thanks, Russell, your short script worked like a charm.