Time Patterns

The Hue Bridge supports at least 10 different time patterns used in scheduling. The v3.model.timePatterns module provides the means of building these patterns in a user friendly way.

Supported Time Formats
model.timePatterns

Supported Time Formats

Each of the following time formats, detailed below are supported in Schedules for the Hue Bridge. You can either go hardcore and define them as Strings as per their format, or use the various properties of the class to compose your desired time pattern.

Absolute Time

An absolute time is an exact date time of the format [YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]T[hh]:[mm]:[ss].

Creating an Absolute Time

You can create an AbsoluteTime instance using:

timePatterns.createAbsoluteTime(value): value is optional and is used to initialize the AbsoluteTime if specified. It can be a String, Date or another AbsoluteTime

When using no parameters in the instantiation call the AbsoluteTime will set itself to todays date with a time of 00:00:00.

// A Defaulted time using today's date and 00:00:00 for the time
const myTime = timePatterns.createAbsoluteTime();

// A time built from a date object
const timeFromDate = timePatterns.createAbsoluteTime(new Date())
  , timeFromDate_2 = timePatterns.createAbsoluteTime(new Date('4 August 1977 00:00:00 GMT')) 
;

// A string that is compatible with the absolute time format
const timeFromString = timePatterns.createAbsoluteTime('2019-11-01T12:30:00')

The AbsoluteTime object has the following functions available to configure it:

year(value): Will set the year to the specified value, requires a 4 digit year, e.g. 2019
month(value): Will set the month to the specified value in digits, 1 based, so 1 is Janurary, 2 February and so on
day(value): Will set the day of the month to the specified value in digits, 1 to 31
hours(value): Will set the hours of the day, 0 to 23
minutes(value): Will set the minutes, 0 to 59
seconds(value): Will set the seconds, 0 to 59
toString(): Will generate the AbsoluteTime in the bridge format of [YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]T[hh]:[mm]:[ss]

All the above setters will return the AbsoluteTime instance so that you can chain function calls.

// Create an AbsoluteTime using fluent function
const myTime = timePatterns.createAbsoluteTime().year(2019).month(11).day(24);

console.log(myTime.toString()); // Outputs 2019-11-24T00:00:00

Randomized Time

A randomized time is an absolute time with a specification of an element of randomness appended to the end of it. It is of the form [YYYY]:[MM]:[DD]T[hh]:[mm]:[ss]A[hh]:[mm]:[ss].

The amount of randomness is controlled by the settings of the hours/minutes/seconds of the random value. A maximum of 23 hours is all the that Hue Bridge will allow.

For example you may want to trigger a schedule at midday 12:00:00, but have it do so randomly by 30 minutes around that time, to give the appearance of a human being at home when you are not.

Creating a Randomized Time

You can create a RandomizedTime instance using:

timePatterns.createRandomizedTime(value): value is optional and is used to configure the date/time component

When specifying no parameters in the instantiation call the RandomizedTime will set itself to todays date with a time of 00:00:00 and effectively no randomness (zero seconds, minutes and hours).

// A defaulted randomized time, today's date and T00:00:00A00:00:00 values
const myRandomTime = timePatterns.createRandomizedTime();

// A randomized time built from a date object
const randomTimeFromDate = timePatterns.createRandomizedTime(new Date())
    , randomTimeFromDate_2 = timePatterns.createRandomizedTime(new Date('12 December 2019 23:00:00 GMT'))
;

// A string that is compatible with the randomized time format (10 minutes of random)
const timeFromString = timePatterns.createAbsoluteTime('2019-11-01T12:30:00A00:10:00')

The RandomizedTime object has the following functions available to configure it:

year(value): Will set the year to the specified value, requires a 4 digit year, e.g. 2019
month(value): Will set the month to the specified value in digits, 1 based, so 1 is Janurary, 2 February and so on
day(value): Will set the day of the month to the specified value in digits, 1 to 31
hours(value): Will set the hours of the day, 0 to 23
minutes(value): Will set the minutes, 0 to 59
seconds(value): Will set the seconds, 0 to 59
randomHours(value): Will set the random hours of the day, 0 to 23
randomMinutes(value): Will set the random minutes, 0 to 59
randomSeconds(value): Will set the random seconds, 0 to 59
toString(): Will generate the RandomizedTime in the bridge format of [YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]T[hh]:[mm]:[ss]A[hh]:[mm]:[ss]

All the above setters will return the RandomizedTime instance so that you can chain function calls.

const time = timePatterns.createRandomizedTime();

time.year(1977).month(12).day(1)
  .hours(23).minutes(12).seconds(31)
  .randomHours(1).randomMinutes(1).randomSeconds(10)
;

console.log(time.toString()); // Will print "1977-12-01T23:12:31A01:01:10"

Recurring Time

A recurring time is a special time that allows you to specify a time of day and which days of the week to match. It is used to define schedules that would start at the same time of each day that it is configured for.

It has the form of W[bbb]/T[hh]:[mm]:[ss], where the bbb value is a bitmask of the days of the week. These are defined in the model.timePatterns.weekdays Object.

Creating a RecurringTime

You can create a RecurringTime instance using:

timePatterns.createRecurringTime()
- (): no parameters the RecurringTime will be defaulted to ALL weekdays at a time of 00:00:00
- (int): a weekdays integer parameter, the RecurringTime will be set to the weekdays as specified at a time of '00:00:00'
- (date): a Date parameter, the RecurringTime will be set to ALL weekdays at the time component of the date passed in
- (string): a string parameter will be parsed from the W[bbb]/T[hh]:[mm]:[ss], errors with ApiError if not valid
- (weekdays, date): A RecurringTime set to the weekdays integer and at a time specified by the date

const weekdays = require('node-hue-api').v3.timePatterns.weekdays;

// A defaulted recurring time, 00:00:00 for all days of the week
const myRecurringTime = timePatterns.createRecurringTime();

// A RecurringTime for Monday and Tuesday at 00:00:00
const recurringTimeFromWeekday = timePatterns.createRecurringTime(weekdays.MONDAY | weekdays.TUESDAY);

// A RecurringTime for ALL weekdays at the time component of the provided date (using UTC).
const recurringTimeFromDate = timePatterns.createRecurringTime(new Date(Date.now()))
  // time component of 12:31:30
  , recurringTimeFromDate = timePatterns.createRecurringTime(new Date('12 December 2019 12:31:30 UTC'))
;

// A string that is compatible with the randomized time format, All weekdays at 12:30:00
const timeFromString = timePatterns.createAbsoluteTime('W127/T12:30:00');

// A RecurringTime set by weekdays and date (Sunday at 13:01:59)
const timeFromWeekdaysAndDate = timePatterns.createRecurringTime(weekdays.SUNDAY, new Date('2019-12-01T13:01:59'));

The RecurringTime object has the following functions available to configure it:

hours(value): Will set the hours of the day, 0 to 23
minutes(value): Will set the minutes, 0 to 59
seconds(value): Will set the seconds, 0 to 59
weekdays(value): Will set the weekdays to the specified value
toString(): Will generate the RecurringTime in the bridge format of W[bbb]/T[hh]:[mm]:[ss]

All the above setters will return the RecurringTime instance so that you can chain function calls.

To access the weekday values that you can used to define the days of the week to trigger on, use the constants from timePatterns.weekdays, which has the following keys:

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
WEEKDAY: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
WEEKEND: Saturday and Sunday
ALL: All of the days

const time = timePatterns.createRecurringTime();

time.hours(23).minutes(12).seconds(31).weekdays(timePatterns.weekdays.MONDAY);

console.log(time.toString()); // Will print "W064/T23:12:31"

Recurring Randomized Time

This is a RecurringTime, that has an random element append to the end of it. It takes the form of W[bbb]/T[hh]:[mm]:[ss]A[hh]:[mm]:[ss].

The amount of randomness is controlled by the settings of the hours/minutes/seconds of the random value. A maximum of 23 hours is all the that Hue Bridge will allow.

Creating a Recurring Randomized Time

You can create a RandomizedRecurringTime instance using:

timePatterns.createRandomizedRecurringTime()
- (): no parameters the RecurringTime will be defaulted to ALL weekdays at a time of 00:00:00
- (int): a weekdays integer parameter, the RecurringTime will be set to the weekdays as specified at a time of '00:00:00'
- (date): a Date parameter, the RecurringTime will be set to ALL weekdays at the time component of the date passed in
- (string): a string parameter will be parsed from the W[bbb]/T[hh]:[mm]:[ss]A[hh]:[mm]:[ss], errors with ApiError if not valid
- (weekdays, date): A RecurringTime set to the weekdays integer and at a time specified by the date

The random aspect of the time is not currently able to be set from the constructor (unless you use the string format)

const weekdays = require('node-hue-api').v3.timePatterns.weekdays;

// A defaulted recurring time, 00:00:00 for all days of the week and no randomness
const myRecurringTime = timePatterns.createRecurringTime();

// A RecurringTime for Monday and Tuesday at 00:00:00 and no randomness
const recurringTimeFromWeekday = timePatterns.createRecurringTime(weekdays.MONDAY | weekdays.TUESDAY);

// A RecurringTime for ALL weekdays at the time component of the provided date (using UTC) and no randomness
const recurringTimeFromDate = timePatterns.createRecurringTime(new Date(Date.now()))
  // all the days of the week and a time component of 12:31:30 with no randomness
  , recurringTimeFromDate = timePatterns.createRecurringTime(new Date('12 December 2019 12:31:30 UTC'))
;

// A string that is compatible with the randomized time format, All weekdays at 12:30:00 with a randomness of 30 seconds
const timeFromString = timePatterns.createAbsoluteTime('W127/T12:30:00A00:00:30');

// A RecurringTime set by weekdays and date (Sunday at 13:01:59)
const timeFromWeekdaysAndDate = timePatterns.createRecurringTime(weekdays.SUNDAY, new Date('2019-12-01T13:01:59'));

The documentation for the RecurringTime is applicable for understanding the majority of the properties/functions you can interact with, along with the addition of the following:

randomHours(value): Will set the random hours of the day, 0 to 23
randomMinutes(value): Will set the random minutes, 0 to 59
randomSeconds(value): Will set the random seconds, 0 to 59
toString(): Will generate the RandomizedRecurringTime in the bridge format of W[bbb]/T[hh]:[mm]:[ss]A[hh]:[mm]:[ss]

const time = timePatterns.createRecurringRandomizedTime();

// Monday at 23:12:31 with a randomness of 10 minutes
time.hours(23).minutes(12).seconds(31)
  .weekdays(timePatterns.weekdays.MONDAY)
  .randomMinutes(10)
;

console.log(time.toString()); // Will print "W064/T23:12:31A00:10:00"

Time Interval

Creates an interval of time, up to a maximum of 23 hours that occurs on one or more weekdays.

It has the form of W[bbb]/T[hh]:[mm]:[ss]/T[hh]:[mm]:[ss], where the bbb value is a bitmask of the days of the week. These are defined in the model.timePatterns.weekdays Object.

Creating a Time Interval

You can create a TimeInterval instance using:

timePatterns.createTimeInterval()
- (): no parameters the TimeInterval will be defaulted to ALL weekdays with a from time of 00:00:00 and a to time of '00:00:00'
- (string): a string parameter will be parsed from the W[bbb]/T[hh]:[mm]:[ss]/T[hh]:[mm]:[ss], errors with ApiError if not valid

// A defaulted time interval, ALL weekdays with a from and to time of 00:00:00
const myRandomTime = timePatterns.createTimeInterval();

// A string that is compatible with the time interval format (ALL weekdays from 12:30:00 to 12:40:00)
const timeFromString = timePatterns.createTimeInterval('W127/T12:30:00/T12:40:00')

The TimeInterval object has the following functions available to configure it:

from(date): Will set the hours, minutes and seconds from the UTC values of the provided date for the from time
fromHours(value): Will set the hours of the day, 0 to 23 for the from time
fromMinutes(value): Will set the minutes, 0 to 59 for the from time
fromSeconds(value): Will set the seconds, 0 to 59 for the from time
to(date): Will set the hours, minutes and seconds from the UTC values of the provided date for the to time
toHours(value): Will set the hours of the day, 0 to 23 for the to time
toMinutes(value): Will set the minutes, 0 to 59 the to time
toSeconds(value): Will set the seconds, 0 to 59 the to time
weekdays(value): Will set the weekdays to the specified value
toString(): Will generate the TimeInterval in the bridge format of W[bbb]/T[hh]:[mm]:[ss]/T[hh]:[mm]:[ss]

const time = timePatterns.createTimeInterval();

// Monday from 23:12:00 to 23:59:59
time.weekdays(timePatterns.weekdays.MONDAY)
  .fromHours(23).fromMinutes(12)
  .toHours(23).toMinutes(12).toSeconds(59)
;

console.log(time.toString()); // Will print "W064/T23:12:00/T23:59:59"

Timer / Expiring Timer

A timer that will expire in a specified time frame.

It has the form of PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss] and will trigger once the specified time period is up. For example PT01:00:00 would trigger in one hour.

Creating a Timer

You can create an Timer instance using:

timePatterns.createTimer(value): value is optional but can be a String in format of PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss] or another Timer instance

// A Defaulted Timer "PT00:00:00"
const timer = timePatterns.createTimer();

// A Timer for 1 hour
const timerFromString = timePatterns.createTimer('PT01:00:00');

The Timer can be configured using the following functions:

hours(value): Sets the number of hours before the timer triggers, 0 to 23
minutes(value): Sets the number of minutes before the timer triggers, 0 to 59
seconds(value): Sets the number of seconds before the timer triggers, 0 to 59
toString(): Will generate the Timer in for the bridge for of PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss]

All the above setters will return the Timer instance so that you can chain function calls.

// Create a timer that will trigger in 60 seconds / 1 minute (PT00:01:00)
const minuteTimer = timePatterns.createTimer().minutes(1);

// Create a timer that will trigger in 1 hour (PT01:00:00)
const hourTimer = timePatterns.createTimer().hours(1);


// Create a timer that will trigger in 1 hour 20 minutes and 30 seconds
const timer = timePatterns.createTimer().hours(1).minutes(20).seconds(30);

Recurring Timer

A RecurringTimer is a timer that will reoccur either a number of times, or continuously, it has the form of R[nn]/PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss] reoccurring [nn] times or R/PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss], reoccurring continuously.

Creating a Recurring Timer

You can create an RecurringTimer instance using:

timePatterns.createRecurringTimer(value): value is optional but can be a String in format of PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss] or another Timer instance

// A timer that is defaulted to R/PT00:00:00
const recurringTimer = timepatterns.createRecurringTimer();

// A timer that will repeat every 10 minutes R/PT00:10:00 indefinitely
const timerFromString = timepatterns.createRecurringTimer('R/PT00:10:00')

The RecurringTimer can be configured using the following functions:

hours(value): Sets the number of hours before the timer triggers, 0 to 23
minutes(value): Sets the number of minutes before the timer triggers, 0 to 59
seconds(value): Sets the number of seconds before the timer triggers, 0 to 59
reoccurs(value): Will reoccur for exactly value times, 0 to 99, 0 meaning it will continue to repeat forever.
toString(): Will generate the Timer in for the bridge for of PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss]

All the above setters will return the Timer instance so that you can chain function calls.

// Create a RecurringTimer that will trigger every 60 seconds / 1 minute (R/PT00:01:00)
const minuteTimer = timePatterns.createRecurringTimer().minutes(1);

// Create a timer that will trigger in 1 hour (R03/PT01:00:00) for three times then stop
const hourTimer = timePatterns.createTimer().hours(1).reoccurs(3);


// Create a RecurringTimer that will trigger every 1 hour 20 minutes and 30 seconds 99 times and then stop
const timer = timePatterns.createTimer().hours(1).minutes(20).seconds(30).reoccurs(99);

Randomized Timer

A RandomizedTimer is a Timer with a random element as to when it will trigger.

It has the form of PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss]A[hh]:[mm]:[ss] and will trigger once around the time specified within the random timeframe. For example PT01:00:00A00:00:30 would trigger in one hour wityh 30 seconds of randomness.

Creating a RandomizedTimer

You can create an RandomizedTimer instance using:

timePatterns.createRandomizedTimer(value): value is optional but can be a String in format of PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss]A[hh]:[mm]:[ss] or another RandomizedTimer instance

// A Defaulted Timer "PT00:00:00A00:00:00"
const timer = timePatterns.createRandomizedTimer();

// A Timer for 1 hour with 10 minutes of randomness
const timerFromString = timePatterns.createRandomizedTimer('PT01:00:00A00:10:00');

The RandomizedTimer can be configured using the following functions:

hours(value): Sets the number of hours before the timer triggers, 0 to 23
minutes(value): Sets the number of minutes before the timer triggers, 0 to 59
seconds(value): Sets the number of seconds before the timer triggers, 0 to 59
randomHours(value): Will set the random hours of the day, 0 to 23
randomMinutes(value): Will set the random minutes, 0 to 59
randomSeconds(value): Will set the random seconds, 0 to 59
toString(): Will generate the Timer in for the bridge for of PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss]A[hh]:[mm]:[ss]

All the above setters will return the Timer instance so that you can chain function calls.

// Create a timer that will trigger in 60 seconds / 1 minute with 5 seconds of randomness (PT00:01:00A00:00:05)
const minuteTimer = timePatterns.createRandomizedTimer().minutes(1).randomSeconds(5);

// Create a timer that will trigger in 1 hour with randomness of 2 minutes (PT01:00:00A00:02:00)
const hourTimer = timePatterns.createRandomizedTimer().hours(1).randomMinutes(2);


// Create a timer that will trigger in 1 hour 20 minutes and 30 seconds with 30 minutes and 10 seconds of randomness
const timer = timePatterns.createRandomizedTimer().hours(1).minutes(20).seconds(30).randomMinutes(30).randomSeconds(10);

Recurring Randomized Timer

A RecurringRandomizedTimer is a Timer that will trigger at the specified time (allowing for an element of randomness) for a number of times (or forever, depneding upon the reoccurrance setting).

It has the form of R/PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss]A[hh]:[mm]:[ss] for timers that have no limit on the number of times it reoccurs or R[nn]/PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss]A[hh]:[mm]:[ss] where [nn] is the number of times it will reoccur before expiring.

Creating a RecurringRandomizedTimer

You can create an RecurringRandomizedTimer instance using:

timePatterns.createRecurringRandomizedTimer(value): value is optional but can be a String in format of R[nn]/PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss]A[hh]:[mm]:[ss] or R/PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss]A[hh]:[mm]:[ss] or another RecurringRandomizedTimer instance

// A Defaulted Timer "R/PT00:00:00A00:00:00"
const timer = timePatterns.createRecurringRandomizedTimer();

// A Timer for 1 hour with 10 minutes of randomness
const timerFromString = timePatterns.createRecurringRandomizedTimer('R/PT01:00:00A00:10:00');

The RecurringRandomizedTimer can be configured using the following functions:

hours(value): Sets the number of hours before the timer triggers, 0 to 23
minutes(value): Sets the number of minutes before the timer triggers, 0 to 59
seconds(value): Sets the number of seconds before the timer triggers, 0 to 59
randomHours(value): Will set the random hours of the day, 0 to 23
randomMinutes(value): Will set the random minutes, 0 to 59
randomSeconds(value): Will set the random seconds, 0 to 59
reoccurs(value): Will reoccur for exactly value times, 0 to 99, 0 meaning it will continue to repeat forever.
toString(): Will generate the Timer in for the bridge for of PT[hh]:[mm]:[ss]A[hh]:[mm]:[ss]

All the above setters will return the Timer instance so that you can chain function calls.

// Create a timer that will trigger in 60 seconds / 1 minute with 5 seconds of randomness (PT00:01:00A00:00:05)
const minuteTimer = timePatterns.createTimer().minutes(1).randomSeconds(5);

// Create a timer that will trigger in 1 hour with randomness of 2 minutes (PT01:00:00A00:02:00)
const hourTimer = timePatterns.createTimer().hours(1).randomMinutes(2);


// Create a timer that will trigger in 1 hour 20 minutes and 30 seconds with 30 minutes and 10 seconds of randomness
const timer = timePatterns.createTimer().hours(1).minutes(20).seconds(30).randomMinutes(30).randomSeconds(10);

model.timePatterns

weekdays

This provides access to the definitions of the bitmask values the weekdays property of a RecurringTime or RandomizedRecurringTime.

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
WEEKDAY: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
WEEKEND: Saturday and Sunday
ALL: All of the days

When setting the weekdays, you will have to bitwise or them using |.

For example to create a bitmask for Monday, Wednesday and Friday you would use the following:

const weekdays = require('node-hue-api').v3.model.timePatterns.weekdays;

// Creating a bitmask for Monday, Wednesday and Friday only
const myWeekdayBitmask = weekdays.MONDAY | weekdays.WEDNESDAY | weekdays.FRIDAY;

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Time Patterns

Supported Time Formats

Absolute Time

Creating an Absolute Time

Randomized Time

Creating a Randomized Time

Recurring Time

Creating a RecurringTime

Recurring Randomized Time

Creating a Recurring Randomized Time

Time Interval

Creating a Time Interval

Timer / Expiring Timer

Creating a Timer

Recurring Timer

Creating a Recurring Timer

Randomized Timer

Creating a RandomizedTimer

Recurring Randomized Timer

Creating a RecurringRandomizedTimer

model.timePatterns

weekdays

isRecurring()

isTimePattern()

createAbsoluteTime()

createRandomizedTime()

createRecurringTime()

createRecurringRandomizedTime()

createTimeInterval()

createTimer()

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node-hue-api/docs/timePatterns.md

Time Patterns

Supported Time Formats

Absolute Time

Creating an Absolute Time

Randomized Time

Creating a Randomized Time

Recurring Time

Creating a RecurringTime

Recurring Randomized Time

Creating a Recurring Randomized Time

Time Interval

Creating a Time Interval

Timer / Expiring Timer

Creating a Timer

Recurring Timer

Creating a Recurring Timer

Randomized Timer

Creating a RandomizedTimer

Recurring Randomized Timer

Creating a RecurringRandomizedTimer

model.timePatterns

weekdays

isRecurring()

isTimePattern()

createAbsoluteTime()

createRandomizedTime()

createRecurringTime()

createRecurringRandomizedTime()

createTimeInterval()

createTimer()