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I'm programming on HUE API.I want to schedule for a light turn on at one time and automatically turn off at another time. As this link is for reference (you must login before see this page). HUE API Schedules API

As I research, maybe noway for me to do that except I must separate to two schedule commands: schedule to turn on at one time and schedule to turn off at another time.

Is this true way to done this work ? Because I see that is too handy. Is there another way for HUE API does automatically ? Thanks :)

Trần Kim Dự
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I think that the best way would be to create two schedules. I also think it might be the only way.

Here is a command to turn on all your lights at 09:00

{
    "command": {
        "address": "/api/<username>/groups/0/action",
        "body": {
            "on": true
        },
        "method": "PUT"
    },
    "time": "W127/T09:00:00"
}

Remember to replace <username>. The time I specified here means "every day of the week at 09:00 UTC". Note that the time is UTC, not your local time.

The link that explains time patterns is currently broken in the Schedules API page. Here is a fixed link for you: Datatypes and Time Patterns

You might also want to read this for more explanation on time patterns: Recurring schedules

Jesper Riemer Andersen
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  • Hello, does W127 mean for each day of the week or for each weekday? If not, how to make it for each day? Thnx – Booharin Dec 24 '18 at 16:52
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To answer Booharin above, W127 is the binary encoding for the days of the week that the schedule runs. Monday = 64, Tuesday = 32, Wednesday = 16, Thursday = 8, Friday = 4, Saturday = 2, Sunday = 1. If you want your schedule to run only on workdays, the value would be W124. (64+32+16+8+4 = 124) The API specifies 3 numbers, so a schedule that runs on Monday would be W064.

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I can't seem to directly comment to the other answer (not enough points) so trying this.

You can use your local time by using "localtime" instead of "time". This was added in a bridge update at the beginning of 2014. Note that this requires the timezone of the bridge to be configured.

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