Adding the DATE_Time tag inside provisioning script

playbooks/edx-east/edx_provision.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
       assign_public_ip: yes
       terminate_instance: true
       instance_profile_name: sandbox
-      instance_launch_time: "{{ hostvars['localhost']['ansible_date_time']['date'] +  hostvars['localhost']['ansible_date_time']['time'] }}"
 
 - name: Configure instance(s)
   hosts: launched

util/jenkins/ansible-provision.sh

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ env
 export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 export BOTO_CONFIG=/var/lib/jenkins/${aws_account}.boto
 
+# This DATE_TIME will be used as instance launch time tag
+
+DATE_TIME=`date +"%m-%d-%Y %T"`
+
 if [[ -z $BUILD_USER ]]; then
     BUILD_USER=jenkins
 fi
@@ -199,6 +203,7 @@ instance_tags:
     Name: $name_tag
     source: jenkins
     owner: $BUILD_USER
+    instance_launch_time: $DATE_TIME
     datadog: monitored
 root_ebs_size: $root_ebs_size
 name_tag: $name_tag