date module is not working as expected

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HI team,

I have a below playbook, where it works fine if I enter dates manually in vars. but it fails when passing through register. tried max possibilities.

need your help

  • hosts: one
    become: true
    tasks:
  • shell: " dsmc query filespace / | tail -n 1 | awk ‘{print$2}’"
    register: backup
  • shell: “date +‘%Y-%m-%d’”
    register: today
  • shell: “date -d ‘{{backup.stdout}}’ +‘%Y-%m-%d’”
    register: test
  • set_fact:
    date1: “{{test.stdout}}”
    date2: “{{today.stdout}}”
  • debug:
    msg: “{{date1}} and {{date2}}”
  • template:
    src: /home/viraj4/ansible/date.j2
    dest: /tmp/date.txt
  • shell: “cat /tmp/date.txt”
    register: date
  • debug:
    msg: “{{ date.stdout }}”
  • shell: “> /tmp/date.txt”
    [viraj4@********* ansible]$ cat /home/viraj4/ansible/date.j2
    {{ (date1 - date2).days }}
    output:
    TASK [debug] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************
    ok: [******************** => {
    “msg”: “2019-02-13 and 2019-02-13”
    }
    Perform task: TASK: template (N)o/(y)es/(c)ontinue: y
    Perform task: TASK: template (N)o/(y)es/(c)ontinue: ********************************************************************************************************************
    TASK [template] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************
    fatal: [***************************]: FAILED! => {“changed”: false, “msg”: “AnsibleError: Unexpected templating type error occurred on ({{ (date1 - date2).days }}\n): unsupported operand type(s) for -: ‘AnsibleUnsafeText’ and ‘AnsibleUnsafeText’”}
    to retry, use: --limit @/home/viraj4/ansible/time.retry