You can add hours to the times given – for example:

d.time() + timedelta(hours=9)

would add additional 9 hours

Cool …

You can define it like sunset_time but with set numbers. In my example with elevenoff it could be:

elevenoff = time(int(23), int(00))

Hi,

Thanks for your reply, I’ll give your suggestions a try & let you know how it goes.
One thing I am not clear on is how to get the time ( ie 23:00) into the correct format to compare with sunset_time and time_now

Thanks

Hi,

in your use case wouldn’t it be easier just to use an off the shelf time switch? Normally they have a random on/off integrated.

But to answer your question: in this use case I would switch the if-else-statement and check for sunset_time and a new parameter called e.g. elevenoff that is set to 23:00hrs. If the time is in between — switch on.

To add the random part you first need to import random:

import random

In the ON part you generate for example a random number in between 1 and 10

random_number = random.randint(1, 10)

Now you switch as you like — for example if the number is smaller than 4 switch on — else switch off.