I figured it out by using set_fact and when for the conditionals. Thanks for the reply.
> On Mar 29, 2019, at 1:03 PM, Kai Stian Olstad > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 28.03.2019 21:17, James Gibson wrote: >> I am trying to output what shift an event has happened depending on the >> time of day, but keep running into errors or getting nothing back. >> >> >> --- >> - hosts: localhost >> vars: >> shift: "{{ 'First Shift' if ansible_date_time.time > '09:00:00' && >> ansible_date_time.time < '17:00:01' else '' }}" >> shift: "{{ 'Second Shift' if ansible_date_time.time > '17:00:00' && >> ansible_date_time.time < '01:00:01' else '' }}" >> shift: "{{ 'Third Shift' if ansible_date_time.time > '01:00:00' && >> ansible_date_time.time < '09:00:01' else '' }}" > > There are two reason this will not work. > The second shift will overwrite the first shift and the third shift will > overwrite the second shift. > ansible_date_time.time is a string an you are comparing string, since time > compare and string compare is completely different thing, this will not work > as you would like. > > > > -- > Kai Stian Olstad > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/d8699f61-b874-510d-02b7-f31eedac5f1b%40olstad.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/2FCEF307-7F3F-46D1-81EA-35F8C2813283%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
