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+====== Example Condition AppleScripts ======
+This How-To will show several common and useful AppleScript Condition scripts. Most will run correctly if you just paste them in to the "If script returns true" text field in the **''Conditions''** tab.
+  * If the current time is between 8am and 10am OR between 4pm and 6pm
+<code>-- Get the current hour
+set theCurrentHour to hours of (current date)
+-- compare it to see if it's in one of our ranges - between 8am
+-- and 10am OR between 4pm and 6pm
+--
+-- Note, the number that is stored in theCurrentHour will be 0-23
+if (((theCurrentHour ≥ 8) and (theCurrentHour < 10)) or ¬
+	((theCurrentHour ≥ 16) and (theCurrentHour < 18))) then
+	return true
+end if
+return false
+</code>
+  * If a light named "Office Lamp" is ON
+<code>return (on state of device "Office Lamp")
+</code>
+  * If a light named "Office Lamp" is OFF
+<code>return not (on state of device "Office Lamp")
+</code>
+  * If the garage door is closed (with the I/O Linc Garage Door Kit)
+<code>-- I/O devices can have multiple inputs, so you have to get
+-- the list of inputs first. For the I/O link, it only
+-- has one, so we just look at the first one in the
+-- list.
+set theList to binary inputs of device "Garage Door"
+return item 1 of theList
+</code>
+  * If iCal is running
+<code>try
+	with timeout of 1 second
+		tell application "System Events"
+			if (get name of every process) contains "iCal" then
+				return true
+			end if
+		end tell
+	end timeout
+end try
+return false
+</code>
+  * If the time is between 8am and 4pm AND the garage door is closed AND the variable "alarmStatus" is set to "away"
+<code>set theCurrentHour to hours of (current date)
+if ((theCurrentHour ≥ 8) and (theCurrentHour < 16)) then
+	set theList to binary inputs of device "Garage Door"
+	if ((item 1 of theList) and (value of variable "alarmStatus" = "away")) then
+		return true
+	end if
+end if
+return false
+</code>
+  * If a light named "Office Lamp" is OFF and it's dark outside
+<code>return (not (on state of device "Office Lamp") and (value of variable "isDaylight" = "false"))
+</code>