# date time

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/date-time/36884>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [July 22, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/date-time/36884 "2022-07-22T10:35:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Marcel\_de\_Vries](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@Marcel\_de\_Vries](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marcel_de_Vries)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/date-time/36884/1 "2022-07-22T10:35:11Z")

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**Author:** ![dnmvisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@dnmvisser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dnmvisser)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/date-time/36884/2 "2022-07-22T11:13:46Z")

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> ---  
> - hosts: localhost  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;tasks:  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- debug:  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;var: hostvars['localhost']['ansible\_date\_time']['iso8601']
> 
> ok: [localhost] =\> {  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"hostvars['localhost']['ansible\_date\_time']['iso8601']": "2022-07-22T10:28:46Z"
> 
> However:  
> ---  
> - hosts: localhost  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;tasks:  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- debug:  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;var: hostvars['localhost']['ansible\_date\_time']['iso8601']  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;register: date\_time  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- debug:  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;msg: "{{ ( (date\_time).total\_seconds() / 3600 ) | int }}"
> 
> does not work.

What do you mean by "does not work"?  
What do you expect to happen?  
I.e. what are you trying to do/calculate?

If you need the number of second since epoch, then that is already  
available as ansible\_date\_time.epoch\_int

> This is because the difference in variable:  
> "2022-07-22T10:28:46Z" must be 2022-07-22T10:28:46Z without quotes.

If

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**Author:** ![Marcel\_de\_Vries](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@Marcel\_de\_Vries](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marcel_de_Vries)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/date-time/36884/3 "2022-07-22T11:47:49Z")

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I want to compare two date times and get the difference in seconds.