title: Is there a Ansible function to convert date string to epoch?
body: <p>I am looking to convert date input variable into epoch. I did not see a Ansible function to help me with this.</p>
  <p>For eg:</p>
  <p>Date is a variable of format: <code>%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S</code>, this needs to be converted to epoch secs.</p>