Would like to create time teller for every 15min

[Ivan Ooi]

Hi all,

 Any ideas how to create time teller for every 15min ?

Can't find any where...

Thanks

[Automate developer]

Delay 15 min -> Speak "Time is {now;dateFormat;time}" -> loop

[andrea....@gmail.com]

Hi, would it be possible to:

1) begin the announcement at an exct hour instead of immediately?

2) tell the hour alone, without date and minutes?

Thanks!

[andrea....@gmail.com]

Apologize, reading the documentation I understood that the answer to question n.2 should be: Speak "Time is {now;dateFormat;k}"

[Automate developer]

Try:

    Flow beginning
         |
+--------+
|        |
|    Time await
| Time of day: ((dateParts(Now)[3]+1) % 24)*3600
|        |
|    Sound play
|        |
+--------+

[Andrea Bruzzesi]

Thanks a lot, I've yet to test it thoroughly but that formula seems to work.

If I understand it tells the flow to wait the amount of seconds needed to reach the next hour.

You know you're a genius, don't you?

[Automate developer]

No, that flow example awaits the next hour of day, i.e seconds since midnight of that hour.
It could also have used use the Delay block to wait for the seconds remaining until the next hour, but that calculation would be even more complex.

No genius required, just basic math skills and knowledge of the available functions:
http://llamalab.com/automate/doc/function/index.html

[horr...@gmail.com]

Hi, I've made a simple delay loop - every 30 sec app should do a "screen on" check and put the number of seconds past from the algorithm start into log - first it says 30, then 60, then eg. 300+ and then 800+ - I suspect that it's the android's fault - but do you know maybe how to deal with that?

[Automate developer]

Make sure you use proceed Exact and that the Awake the device option is enabled.
If it's still not near to 60 between delays it's likely caused by an some energy saving app or the Android 5+ Power save mode.
Also if you're playing a memory intensive game/app, Automate may be killed regardless, and restarted again when memory is available.

[Łukasz Dobrzyński]

Thanks for the reply, I'll investigate.

--

LD

[buttersco...@gmail.com]

I have to come back on that one.
I cannot see, what the suggested "% 24" should enhance?

To find the next amount of seconds since midnight I would have simply used (dateParts(Now)[3]+1)*3600


Funny though, that on my phone I have to correct this formula by factor -600 before handing over in "Time of day", when calculating in an variable; although the amount of seconds is correct in the variable at first.

Basic maths skills need additional debugging knowledge ;-)

Best wishes
BSM

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

Modulo % is used to wrap the 24:00 (which is invalid) back to 00:00.