Hello everyone,
My registered vars are not working with my math equation using to_datetime filter it will work with the string "2019-04-01" but not with my var. PLAY [localhost] ********************************************************************************************************************************************* TASK [Gathering Facts] *************************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [get the file] ****************************************************************************************************************************************** changed: [localhost] TASK [debug] ************************************************************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] => { "today": { "changed": true, "cmd": "du -h --time /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg | grep -Eo '[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{2}-[[:digit:]]{2}'", "delta": "0:00:00.011270", "end": "2019-05-01 09:27:11.662919", "failed": false, "rc": 0, "start": "2019-05-01 09:27:11.651649", "stderr": "", "stderr_lines": [], "stdout": "2019-04-30", "stdout_lines": [ "2019-04-30" ] } } TASK [get current date] ************************************************************************************************************************************** changed: [localhost] TASK [debug] ************************************************************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] => { "current": { "changed": true, "cmd": "date +%F", "delta": "0:00:00.010083", "end": "2019-05-01 09:27:12.031688", "failed": false, "rc": 0, "start": "2019-05-01 09:27:12.021605", "stderr": "", "stderr_lines": [], "stdout": "2019-05-01", "stdout_lines": [ "2019-05-01" ] } } TASK [debug] ************************************************************************************************************************************************* fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "the field 'args' has an invalid value ({u'msg': u\"{{ ( 'current' | to_datetime('%Y-%m-%d') - 'today' | to_datetime('%Y-%m-%d') ).days }}\"}), and could not be converted to an dict.The error was: time data 'current' does not match format '%Y-%m-%d'\n\nThe error appears to have been in '/etc/ansible/wipstat.yml': line 20, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n - debug:\n ^ here\n"} PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************************************************** localhost : ok=5 changed=2 unreachable=0 failed=1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/42fd8517-ba60-4f6d-948a-11260d326dc8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.