Needing help with formats in a rule

[rossko57]

@e36Alex

I added the timer to make sure, the at first the values for the items are calculated and sent after that. (Hope it was the right way with the timer?)

Oh, I see. Because it takes ti,me for sendCommand to work. But … you know what you just sent as a command, why not use iit directly?

var x = some calculation
myItem.sendCommand(x)
sendTelegram(x)

@e36Alex

[2,24]: no viable alternative at input '2022'

Okay, I think we are not so much about format here yet, but basic Rules syntax.

var G31_V_Beginn = 09.09.2019

That’s not valid syntax. The rules parser does not know what sort of variable you want, you have not told it, so it has to guess. 09 .. ah it is a Number … 09.09 … ahh a decimal Number … 09.09.2019 … oh, its not a valid number at all. Error.

Are you trying to use dates here? This might help

DateTime Conversion (openHAB 2.x)

Because openHAB 3.x rules now use Java Time API instead of Jodatime, there is a new DateTime Conversion thread for openHAB 3.x. Overview In openHab 2.x there are different ways to handle Date/Time values. DateTimeType A DateTime Item carries a DateTimeType. Joda DateTime By default openHAB 2.x-Rules use a Joda DateTime class to represent time, most notably now. Epoch The lowest common denominator when working with time is to get at the epoc value. Epoc is the number of milliseconds …