Rule on specific months

[johnym30 (John Mel)]

Hi everyone.
I have a nest thermostat and some xiaomi door sensors. Ihave made a rule when one of the windows open, turn the thermostat to off. the rule is below and is working.

rule "Windows Opened"
when
    Item LeftWindow_OpenStatus changed from CLOSED to OPEN or
    Item RightWindow_OpenStatus changed from CLOSED to OPEN 
then
    
      LivingRoomThermostat_Mode.sendCommand("OFF")
    
end

How can i enable the rule only on specific months of year (say from october to April)
Thank you in advance

[hr3 (Harry)]

val currMonth = now.getMonthOfYear
if (currMonth < 5 || currMonth > 9) {

if (LivingRoomThermostat_Mode.state != OFF) {LivingRoomThermostat_Mode.sendCommand(OFF)}

[johnym30 (John Mel)]

{

if (LivingRoomThermostat_Mode.state != OFF) {LivingRoomThermostat_Mode.sendCommand(OFF)}

Thanks i will try that and let you know

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

How can i enable the rule only on specific months of year (say from october to April)
Thank you in advance

Harry’s is the easiest and most expedient solution. If you have other Rules that need to know the current month/season, you can consider adapting Design Pattern: Time Of Day to calculate seasonal periods instead of or in addition to times of day.