DateTime to epoch rule example?

[5iver (Scott Rushworth)]

@mitabrev

val Number KitchenLM = new DateTime(KitchenMotionSensorLastMotion).millis

See if this works…

    val KitchenLM = new DateTime(KitchenMotionSensorLastMotion.state.toString)
    if( KitchenLM.isAfter(now.minusMinutes(5)) ) {

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