# s3\_sync parameter file\_change\_strategy: date\_size does not appear to work

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/s3-sync-parameter-file-change-strategy-date-size-does-not-appear-to-work/30208>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 29, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/s3-sync-parameter-file-change-strategy-date-size-does-not-appear-to-work/30208 "2019-04-29T02:33:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kane\_Consulting\_Grou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Kane\_Consulting\_Grou](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kane_Consulting_Grou)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/s3-sync-parameter-file-change-strategy-date-size-does-not-appear-to-work/30208/1 "2019-04-29T02:33:57Z")

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So, I am trying to synchronize files to Amazon S3 using the s3\_sync module. The playbook works properly, with the exception of the file\_change\_strategy parameter date\_size. It seems to ignore files with same size, but different (more recent) dates. Here is my playbook:

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**Author:** ![Kane\_Consulting\_Grou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Kane\_Consulting\_Grou](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kane_Consulting_Grou)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/s3-sync-parameter-file-change-strategy-date-size-does-not-appear-to-work/30208/2 "2019-04-29T22:02:33Z")

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So, after posting this question, I found a bug report on the same issue: [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54076](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54076)

Posting this answer for others.