Configure Timer to start/stop with Time input

Hello I am fairly new to Home Assistant and this is my first post so if I miss something please excuse me. I need help with I believe might be a value-template issue. I am trying to automate a light by time input. Here is what I have so far. I have a switch that is working and when I execute the automation manually in Home Assistant that also works. The issue is when I ask it to start based on time input it does not work or create any error logs that I can find. I checked to make sure all entities are in place and they are.

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Timer Input Box Information

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input_boolean:
chicken_coop_light_timer_on_enabled:
name: “chicken_coop_light ON timer”
initial: off
icon: mdi:timer
chicken_coop_light_timer_off_enabled:
name: “chicken_coop_light OFF timer”
initial: off
icon: mdi:timer-off

input_datetime:
turn_chicken_coop_light_on_time:
name: “Turn Chicken Coop Light on at”
has_time: true
has_date: false
initial: “06:00”
turn_chicken_coop_light_off_time:
name: “Turn Chicken Coop Light off at”
has_time: true
has_date: false
initial: “20:00”

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Chicken Coop Timer Automation Information

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#TURN CHICKEN COOP LIGHT ON AT SPECIFIC TIME

• id: ‘ChickenCoopLightOn’
  alias: Turn on Chicken Coop Light with Timer
  trigger:
  platform: template
  value_template: “{{ states(‘sensor.time’) == (state_attr(‘input_datetime.turn_chicken_coop_light_on_time’, ‘timestamp’) | int | timestamp_custom(’%H:%M’, False)) }}”
  condition:
  • condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.chicken_coop_light_timer_on_enabled
    state: ‘on’
    action:
    entity_id: switch.chickencoop
    service: switch.turn_on

#TURN CHICKEN COOP LIGHT OFF AT SPECIFIC TIME

• id: ‘ChickenCoopLightOff’
  alias: Turn off Chicken Coop Light with Timer
  trigger:
  platform: template
  value_template: “{{ states(‘sensor.time’) == (state_attr(‘input_datetime.turn_chicken_coop_light_on_time’, ‘timestamp’) | int | timestamp_custom(’%H:%M’, False)) }}”
  condition:
  • condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.chicken_coop_light_timer_on_enabled
    state: ‘on’
    action:
    entity_id: switch.chickencoop
    service: switch.turn_off
    

Any help would be greatly appreciated

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