Using Date, Time, and Timestamp in Ansible Playbook — Ansible Tip and Tricks

How to use Date, Time, and Timestamp in ISO 8601 format in Ansible Playbook.

How to Use Date, Time, and Timestamp in Ansible Playbook.

I’m going to show you a live demo and some simple Ansible code.

I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.

Using Date, Time, and Timestamp in Ansible Playbook

"ansible_date_time": {
        "date": "2022-05-18",
        "day": "18",
        "epoch": "1652887408",
        "epoch_int": "1652887408",
        "hour": "15",
        "iso8601": "2022-05-18T15:23:28Z",
        "iso8601_basic": "20220518T152328995863",
        "iso8601_basic_short": "20220518T152328",
        "iso8601_micro": "2022-05-18T15:23:28.995863Z",
        "minute": "23",
        "month": "05",
        "second": "28",
        "time": "15:23:28",
        "tz": "UTC",
        "tz_dst": "UTC",
        "tz_offset": "+0000",
        "weekday": "Wednesday",
        "weekday_number": "3",
        "weeknumber": "20",
        "year": "2022"