diff --git a/app/models/incoming_message_prototype.rb b/app/models/incoming_message_prototype.rb
index f8fcd81..c006081 100644
--- a/app/models/incoming_message_prototype.rb
+++ b/app/models/incoming_message_prototype.rb
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class IncomingMessagePrototype
           :content => attachment[:data]
         }
       end
-      mail.header['Received'] = "from #{@source_type} (#{@ip} [#{@ip}]) by Postal with HTTP; #{Time.now.rfc2822.to_s}"
+      mail.header['Received'] = "from #{@source_type} (#{@ip} [#{@ip}]) by Postal with HTTP; #{Time.now.utc.rfc2822.to_s}"
       mail.to_s
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/postal/smtp_server/client.rb b/lib/postal/smtp_server/client.rb
index a11f360..04a7928 100644
--- a/lib/postal/smtp_server/client.rb
+++ b/lib/postal/smtp_server/client.rb
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ module Postal
         @headers = {}
         @receiving_headers = true
 
-        received_header_content = "from #{@helo_name} (#{@hostname} [#{@ip_address}]) by #{Postal.config.dns.smtp_server_hostname} with SMTP; #{Time.now.rfc2822.to_s}".force_encoding('BINARY')
+        received_header_content = "from #{@helo_name} (#{@hostname} [#{@ip_address}]) by #{Postal.config.dns.smtp_server_hostname} with SMTP; #{Time.now.utc.rfc2822.to_s}".force_encoding('BINARY')
         if !Postal.config.smtp_server.strip_received_headers?
           @data << "Received: #{received_header_content}\r\n"
         end