Hello, i am trying to get the time to show up as a variable so i can have it on indigo both the touch app and the web site. After perusing around the forum it seems applescript is the best way but i cant seem to get this to work. i created a variable in indigo called CurrenTime and im trying to create an action to run a script every minute to update this variable. i cant quite seem to get the syntax right. coudl someone help me out or tell me of a better way to do this if possible? i looked on both the forums and online for sample code but so far it just wont work... thank you!

Use the Insert Timestamp into Variable action in the Action Collection plugin. If you want the time formatted with 12 hour with am/pm then the formatting string would be "%I:%M %p" (i.e. "03:45 PM").

Thank you! worked Perfectly!

I just tried this, but the time [on the website] is not auto-updating. I only get the current time when I click on the control page item.

Also, is there a string for 2:45, instead of 02:45 when there is a single digit hour [no am/pm]?

Is the time updating in the Variable window? If not your trigger isn't working. If it is then the page element on your control page isn't defined correctly.

The built-in Python time functions don't appear to have a 0 free hour so you'd have to write a script to take off the leading 0 rather than using the Insert Timestamp into Variable action.

jay (support) wrote:Is the time updating in the Variable window? If not your trigger isn't working.

NOT updating in the variable window, only when I click on the control page item.

Assuming that I need a trigger in Indigo, what are the "Trigger/Condition/Actions" settings suppose to be?

Create a schedule that fires every minute. No conditions. The action is the Insert Timestamp into Variable action in the Action Collection plugin. That will cause the variable to update once a minute. Then put a variable value page element on your control page that shows the value of the variable that you selected in the Insert Timestamp into Variable action.

Got it, Thanks