diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 98b481f..d2e6d4f 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -441,14 +441,14 @@
 
          if(strstr(buf, "=?") && strstr(buf, "?=")) fixupEncodedHeaderLine(buf, MAXBUFSIZE);
 
-         sdata->sent = parse_date_header(buf);
+         sdata->sent = parse_date_header(buf+5);
 
          /* allow +2 days drift in the parsed Date: value */
 
          if(sdata->sent - sdata->now > 2*86400) sdata->sent = sdata->now;
       }
 
-      else if(strncasecmp(buf, "Delivery-date:", strlen("Delivery-date:")) == 0 && sdata->delivered == 0) sdata->delivered = parse_date_header(buf);
+      else if(strncasecmp(buf, "Delivery-date:", strlen("Delivery-date:")) == 0 && sdata->delivered == 0) sdata->delivered = parse_date_header(buf+14);
       else if(strncasecmp(buf, "Received:", strlen("Received:")) == 0){
          state->message_state = MSG_RECEIVED;
          state->received_header++;
diff --git a/src/parser_utils.c b/src/parser_utils.c
index 31cb45f..5ffc96d 100644
--- a/src/parser_utils.c
+++ b/src/parser_utils.c
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@
    char *p, *q, *r, *tz, s[SMALLBUFSIZE], tzh[4], tzm[3];
    struct tm tm;
 
-   datestr += 5;
    p = datestr;
 
    for(; *datestr; datestr++){