[Reactor] Bug when sending MQTT boolean payloads

[retireditguy]

I have tried numerous ways to define a recurring annual period, for example from December 15 to January 15. No matter which method I try - after and before, between, after and/not after, Reactor reports "waiting for invalid date, invalid date. Some constructs also seem to cause Reactor to hang, timeout and restart. For example "before January 15 is evaluated as true, but reports "waiting for invalid date, invalid date". Does anyone have a tried and true method to define a recurring annual period? I think the "between" that I used successfully in the past may have broken with one of the updates.

[CatmanV2]

@retireditguy Hmm, not sure if it's much help, or a parallel use case, but I have a couple of reactions that only work during the festive period. More explicitly there are additional actions which are constrained

Here's one of my constraint groups which has been working fine this year and untouched since last year.

And the second

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[therealdb]

Can’t you just use “after Dec 15th” and then add an OR for just “before Jan 15th”?

I have a global variable named ChristmasTime that’s set daily, so it’s easier to use in multiple reactions. Just a suggestion to simplify things.

[CatmanV2]

@therealdb oh that sounds like a neat idea. Might well upgrade to that. Thanks for the suggestion

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[gwp1]

@retireditguy here's my xmas which is tricky because it moves year-to-year based on starting the day after Thanksgiving:

And here's my Thanksgiving which is tricky because it moves year-to-year, being based on the "fourth Thursday of November":

And here's a more "traditional" one for a set date: