diff --git a/internal/api/search_handlers.go b/internal/api/search_handlers.go
index 2fb858c..31cb4a0 100644
--- a/internal/api/search_handlers.go
+++ b/internal/api/search_handlers.go
@@ -173,12 +173,13 @@ func (s *Server) handleSearch(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Batch-load thread info for all hits
+	// Batch-load thread info and received_at fallback for all hits
 	hitIDs := make([]string, len(result.Hits))
 	for i, h := range result.Hits {
 		hitIDs[i] = h.ID
 	}
 	threadInfo, _ := s.store.GetThreadInfo(r.Context(), hitIDs)
+	receivedAts := s.store.GetReceivedAts(r.Context(), hitIDs)
 
 	enriched := make([]enrichedHit, 0, len(result.Hits))
 	for _, h := range result.Hits {
@@ -193,6 +194,8 @@ func (s *Server) handleSearch(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				eh.Subject = pm.Subject
 				if !pm.Date.IsZero() {
 					eh.Date = pm.Date.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
+				} else if t, ok := receivedAts[h.ID]; ok && !t.IsZero() {
+					eh.Date = t.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
 				}
 				eh.HasAttachments = len(pm.Attachments) > 0
 
diff --git a/internal/storage/storage.go b/internal/storage/storage.go
index 3fc6385..7822752 100644
--- a/internal/storage/storage.go
+++ b/internal/storage/storage.go
@@ -682,6 +682,31 @@ func (s *Store) Delete(id string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// GetReceivedAts returns the received_at timestamp for each mail ID in the
+// provided slice. Used as a date fallback when the email Date header cannot
+// be parsed. Missing IDs are silently omitted from the result map.
+func (s *Store) GetReceivedAts(ctx context.Context, ids []string) map[string]time.Time {
+	if s.db == nil || len(ids) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	// pgx supports $1 = []string via ANY
+	rows, err := s.db.Query(ctx,
+		`SELECT id, received_at FROM emails WHERE id = ANY($1)`, ids)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	result := make(map[string]time.Time, len(ids))
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var id string
+		var t time.Time
+		if err := rows.Scan(&id, &t); err == nil {
+			result[id] = t
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
 // Purge deletes all mails whose retain_until has passed.
 // Returns the number of successfully deleted mails.
 // Mails that fail to delete (e.g. file missing) are skipped silently.
diff --git a/pkg/mailparser/parser.go b/pkg/mailparser/parser.go
index 512beec..a78293f 100644
--- a/pkg/mailparser/parser.go
+++ b/pkg/mailparser/parser.go
@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ func Parse(raw []byte) (*ParsedMail, error) {
 			"02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700",
 			"Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST",
 			"Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST",
+			// Colon in timezone offset (e.g. "+02:00") used by some MTA versions
+			"Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -07:00",
+			"Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -07:00",
+			"2 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -07:00",
+			"02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -07:00",
+			// Without seconds
+			"Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:04 -0700",
+			"Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04 -0700",
+			"2 Jan 2006 15:04 -0700",
+			// Go stdlib aliases
 			time.RFC1123Z,
 			time.RFC1123,
 		} {