diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/23-idempotent_config.yml b/changelogs/fragments/23-idempotent_config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b43c5846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/23-idempotent_config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - fact - add fact ``ansible_net_config_nonverbose`` to get idempotent config (no date, no verbose) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/23).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/facts.py b/plugins/modules/facts.py
index 4a4db7c3..6b37f23d 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/facts.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/facts.py
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@
       returned: when config is configured
       type: str
 
+    ansible_net_config_nonverbose:
+      description:
+        - The current active config from the device in minimal form.
+        - This value is idempotent in the sense that if the facts module is run twice and the device's config
+          was not changed between the runs, the value is identical. This is achieved by running C(/export)
+          and stripping the timestamp from the comment in the first line.
+      returned: when config is configured
+      type: str
+      version_added: 1.2.0
+
     # interfaces
     ansible_net_all_ipv4_addresses:
       description: All IPv4 addresses configured on the device
@@ -280,14 +290,26 @@ def to_megabytes(self, data):
 
 class Config(FactsBase):
 
-    COMMANDS = ['/export verbose']
+    COMMANDS = [
+        '/export verbose',
+        '/export',
+    ]
+
+    RM_DATE_RE = re.compile(r'^# [a-z0-9/][a-z0-9/]* [0-9:]* by RouterOS')
 
     def populate(self):
         super(Config, self).populate()
+
         data = self.responses[0]
         if data:
             self.facts['config'] = data
 
+        data = self.responses[1]
+        if data:
+            # remove datetime
+            data = re.sub(self.RM_DATE_RE, r'# RouterOS', data)
+            self.facts['config_nonverbose'] = data
+
 
 class Interfaces(FactsBase):
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/fixtures/facts/export b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/fixtures/facts/export
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1ac4914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/fixtures/facts/export
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# sep/25/2018 10:10:52 by RouterOS 6.42.5
+# software id = 9EER-511K
+#
+#
+#
+/interface wireless security-profiles
+set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik
+/tool user-manager customer
+set admin access=own-routers,own-users,own-profiles,own-limits,config-payment-gw
+/ip address
+add address=192.168.88.1/24 comment=defconf interface=ether1 network=192.168.88.0
+/ip dhcp-client
+add dhcp-options=hostname,clientid disabled=no interface=ether1
+/system lcd page
+set time disabled=yes display-time=5s
+set resources disabled=yes display-time=5s
+set uptime disabled=yes display-time=5s
+set packets disabled=yes display-time=5s
+set bits disabled=yes display-time=5s
+set version disabled=yes display-time=5s
+set identity disabled=yes display-time=5s
+set ether1 disabled=yes display-time=5s
+/tool user-manager database
+set db-path=user-manager
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_facts.py b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_facts.py
index 25fb04e2..ea111df6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_facts.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_facts.py
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ def test_facts_config(self):
             result['ansible_facts']['ansible_net_config'], str
         )
 
+        self.assertIsInstance(
+            result['ansible_facts']['ansible_net_config_nonverbose'], str
+        )
+
     def test_facts_interfaces(self):
         set_module_args(dict(gather_subset='interfaces'))
         result = self.execute_module()