diff --git a/share/lib/reports.awk b/share/lib/reports.awk
index a7d0be7..c9760f2 100644
--- a/share/lib/reports.awk
+++ b/share/lib/reports.awk
@@ -158,9 +158,11 @@ function print_report_multiline() {
     if (!original_time) {
       if (match(r[9], /##/)) { # match the first ##
         original_time = substr(r[9],0,RSTART-1)
-        # Needed to correctly eval complete command with some versions of awk
-        command = "date +%s.%N -d \"" original_time "\""
-        command | getline original_time_s;
+        if (!broken_date) {
+          # Needed to correctly eval complete command with some versions of awk
+          command = "date +%s.%N -d \"" original_time "\""
+          command | getline original_time_s;
+        }
       }
     }
   }