---
- name: Get file modification time
  stat:
    path: "{{ file_path }}"
  register: file_stat

- name: Calculate time since last modification
  set_fact:
    file_modified_recently: "{{ (ansible_date_time.epoch | int - file_stat.stat.mtime | int) < time_threshold }}"

- name: Debug modification time
  debug:
    msg: "File was modified recently: {{ file_modified_recently }}"

- name: Skip task if file was modified recently
  debug:
    msg: "Skipping task as file was modified recently"
  when: file_modified_recently

- name: Execute the task if file was not modified recently
  command: echo "File was not modified recently, executing the task"
  when: not file_modified_recently


defaults/main.yml
---
file_path: "/path/to/your/file"
time_threshold: 600  # 10 minutes (600 seconds)