I&#39;m trying to learn how to use Ansible facts as variables, and I don&#39;t get it. When I run...

    $ ansible localhost -m setup

...it lists all of the facts of my system. I selected one at random to try and use it, ansible_facts.ansible_date_time.date, but I can&#39;t figure out HOW to use it. When I run...


    $ ansible localhost -m setup -a &quot;filter=ansible_date_time&quot;
    localhost | success &gt;&gt; {
        &quot;ansible_facts&quot;: {
            &quot;ansible_date_time&quot;: {
                &quot;date&quot;: &quot;2015-07-09&quot;,
                &quot;day&quot;: &quot;09&quot;,
                &quot;epoch&quot;: &quot;1436460014&quot;,
                &quot;hour&quot;: &quot;10&quot;,
                &quot;iso8601&quot;: &quot;2015-07-09T16:40:14Z&quot;,
                &quot;iso8601_micro&quot;: &quot;2015-07-09T16:40:14.795637Z&quot;,
                &quot;minute&quot;: &quot;40&quot;,
                &quot;month&quot;: &quot;07&quot;,
                &quot;second&quot;: &quot;14&quot;,
                &quot;time&quot;: &quot;10:40:14&quot;,
                &quot;tz&quot;: &quot;MDT&quot;,
                &quot;tz_offset&quot;: &quot;-0600&quot;,
                &quot;weekday&quot;: &quot;Thursday&quot;,
                &quot;year&quot;: &quot;2015&quot;
            }
        },
        &quot;changed&quot;: false
    }

So, it&#39;s CLEARLY there. But when I run...


    $ ansible localhost -a &quot;echo {{ ansible_facts.ansible_date_time.date }}&quot;
    localhost | FAILED =&gt; One or more undefined variables: &#39;ansible_facts&#39; is undefined

    $ ansible localhost -a &quot;echo {{ ansible_date_time.date }}&quot;
    localhost | FAILED =&gt; One or more undefined variables: &#39;ansible_date_time&#39; is undefined

    $ ansible localhost -a &quot;echo {{ date }}&quot;
    localhost | FAILED =&gt; One or more undefined variables: &#39;date&#39; is undefined

What am I not getting here? How do I use Facts as variables?

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