diff --git a/django_mailbox/admin.py b/django_mailbox/admin.py
index 4d489b1..7951b2e 100644
--- a/django_mailbox/admin.py
+++ b/django_mailbox/admin.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class MessageAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     ]
     list_display = (
         'subject',
+        'timestamp',
         'processed',
         'read',
         'mailbox',
diff --git a/django_mailbox/migrations/0009_message_timestamp.py b/django_mailbox/migrations/0009_message_timestamp.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67c4e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_mailbox/migrations/0009_message_timestamp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.4 on 2022-10-17 11:13
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.utils.timezone
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('django_mailbox', '0008_auto_20190219_1553'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='message',
+            name='timestamp',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(default=django.utils.timezone.now, verbose_name='Timestamp'),
+            preserve_default=False,
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/django_mailbox/models.py b/django_mailbox/models.py
index 5cd21d7..b7d13aa 100644
--- a/django_mailbox/models.py
+++ b/django_mailbox/models.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import os.path
 import sys
 import uuid
 from datetime import timedelta
+from dateutil import parser
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 
 import django
@@ -379,6 +380,13 @@ class Mailbox(models.Model):
             msg.to_header = utils.convert_header_to_unicode(
                 message['Delivered-To']
             )
+        if "date" in message:
+            msg.timestamp = parser.parse(message["date"])
+        elif "Date" in message:
+            msg.timestamp = parser.parse(message["Date"])
+        else:
+            msg.timestamp = now()
+
 
         if Message.objects.filter(message_id=msg.message_id).count() != 0:
             logger.info("Skipping existing message: %s", msg.message_id,)
@@ -525,6 +533,8 @@ class Message(models.Model):
         help_text=_('True if the e-mail body is Base64 encoded'),
     )
 
+    timestamp = models.DateTimeField(_('Timestamp'))
+
     processed = models.DateTimeField(
         _('Processed'),
         auto_now_add=True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eb7cdea..f59e7ce 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -56,5 +56,6 @@ setup(
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
         'six>=1.6.1',
+        'python-dateutil==2.8.2',
     ]
 )