How to print date in Ansible template module?

Question

How to print the present date when the Ansible Jinja2 Template is run?

My Jinja2 template is

Today date is date +%Y-%m-%d

When I run the task it is simply copy pasting the same line, but I want todays date to be printed in the destination file

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 21 '21 at 13:01

i dunno if i understand well your problem

but you just trap the date in a var and use the var in your template with "{{ date }}":

  tasks:
    - name: template {{ date }}
      template: your j2 file and destfile with {{date}} inside your j2
  vars:
    date: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%Y-%m-%d') }}"

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 21 '21 at 13:10

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A built-in way of getting a date into a Jinja template is to use the template_run_date variable that's automatically available when using the template module.

For example a Jinja template file my.conf.j2

# My configuration file
# Updated on {{ template_run_date }}

Will render the date/time stamp of when the template was rendered.

answered Oct 21 '21 at 13:10

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Thank you for the input i used the {{ template_run_date }} it is also printing time not just date into Jinja template. Is there nay way to skip the timestamp? – vtr Oct 22 '21 at 10:23
Any specific reason for not wanting the timestamp? – seshadri_c Oct 22 '21 at 10:48
My task specifies just date – vtr Oct 22 '21 at 11:03
You could consider using the other answers, though IMHO having date and timestamp makes sense. – seshadri_c Oct 22 '21 at 11:08

U880D · Answer 3 · 2023-03-15T11:17:39.713

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If facts are gathered it is also possible to use {{ ansible_date_time.date }}.

Thanks to

Ansible date variable

edited Mar 15 '23 at 11:17

answered Oct 21 '21 at 13:36

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How to print date in Ansible template module?

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