Error during the execution of rule: org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.DateTimeType

[danielb (Daniel)]

Hi folks

I get the following error during the execution of my rule, See both below:

Error:

2017-12-20 08:29:01.112 [ERROR] [ntime.internal.engine.ExecuteRuleJob] - Error during the execution of rule XYZ: org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.DateTimeType

Rule extract:

import org.joda.time.*

var Timer tRandomLights = null
var randomStarter = null

rule "XYZ"
when
Time cron "0 */10 7-23 * * ?"
then
if (now.isBefore((Sunrise_Time.state as DateTimeType).calendar.timeInMillis) || now.isAfter((Sunset_Time.state as DateTimeType).calendar.timeInMillis)) {

…

}

I have installed the astro binding and created the items Sunrise_Time and Sunset_Time. The rule should be invoked every 10 minutes and work after sunset and before sunrise. But there seems to be an issue with the IF statement

Cheers
Daniel

[binderth (Thomas Binder)]

first: On which build of OH are you?
if on OH2,you won’t Need to import joda.time.

second: I guess, you’re referring to:

[Deprecated] Design Pattern: Time Of Day

[Edit] Adde link to Time of Day State Machine For years now I’ve let this Design Pattern post get out of hand so I’m going to rein it in a bit now. It’s really expanded away from what it’s originally intended to be (i.e. a way to illustrate how to code a time based state machine) into a thread that is mostly about the example, Time of Day. It’s partially my fault for naming the thread “Time of Day”. But there are better alternatives for Time of Day in specific and time based state machines in g…

can you post your items file declaring Sunrise_Time and Sunset_Time?

[danielb (Daniel)]

Hi,

I am on openHAB 2.1.0-1.

I deleted the joda.time import but this doesn’t solve the problem.

The items are declared as follows:
DateTime Sunrise_Time “Sunrise [%1$tH:%1$tM]” {astro=“planet=sun, type=rise, property=end”}
DateTime Sunset_Time “Sunset [%1$tH:%1$tM]” {astro=“planet=sun, type=set, property=start”}

Thanks
Daniel

[binderth (Thomas Binder)]

At first, please use hypens (``` for your Code, makes it better to read or use some of those neat Icons on the right side for code fences).

Then to your code. I think, you’re using the actual “Astro”-binding for openHAB2, which means, there’s Things and Channels. Therefore, the code you’re using is for Astro1-binding, which was developed for openHAB1.x

Please check Astro Binding for reference and try this:

DateTime Sunrise_Time       "Sunrise [%1$tH:%1$tM]"  { channel="astro:sun:home:rise#end" }
DateTime Sunset_Time        "Sunset [%1$tH:%1$tM]"   { channel="astro:sun:home:set#start" }

but be sure to use a thing-Definition first (change your geo-location):

astro:sun:home  [ geolocation="52.5200066,13.4049540,100", interval=60 ]

[danielb (Daniel)]

Hi Thomas

Thanks a lot. The item definition was the problem. I fixed it with the suggested definition and the rule now works without any error!

Cheers
Daniel