--- - name: Simple script to show current version hosts: all gather_facts: no tasks: - name: get the date ansible.builtin.raw: | set -e PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH date register: date_out changed_when: true - name: show the current date ansible.builtin.debug: msg: "{{ date_out.stdout | trim }}" - name: use sntp -S to set system time ansible.builtin.raw: | set -e PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH sntp -S time.ikeja.co.za changed_when: true - name: get the date ansible.builtin.raw: | set -e PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH date register: date_out changed_when: true - name: show the current date ansible.builtin.debug: msg: "{{ date_out.stdout | trim }}"