awk date convert

awk '{cmd="date --date=\""$1"\" +\"%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S\" "; cmd | getline convdate; print cmd";"convdate }' file.txt
Convert readable date/time with `date` command
Sample Output 
date --date="Mon Feb 27 12:06:58 2012" +"%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S";2012/02/27 12:06:58
date --date="Mon Feb 27 12:11:15 2012" +"%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S";2012/02/27 12:11:15
date --date="Mon Feb 27 12:12:47 2012" +"%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S";2012/02/27 12:12:47

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By: EBAH
2012-02-28 14:08:52
awk Date manipulation awk date embed
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This command converts the field in date correctly. Is there any way to print record iff the converted date "cmd" is before sysdate?
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