diff --git a/hgext/notify.py b/hgext/notify.py
--- a/hgext/notify.py
+++ b/hgext/notify.py
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ class notifier(object):
             del msg['From']
             msg['From'] = sender
 
+        msg['Date'] = util.datestr(date=util.makedate(),
+                format="%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S", timezone=True)
         fix_subject()
         fix_sender()
 
diff --git a/tests/test-notify b/tests/test-notify
--- a/tests/test-notify
+++ b/tests/test-notify
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ hg --traceback --cwd a commit -Amb -d '1
 echo '% pull (minimal config)'
 hg --traceback --cwd b pull ../a 2>&1 | sed -e 's/\(Message-Id:\).*/\1/' \
   -e 's/changeset \([0-9a-f]* *\)in .*test-notif/changeset \1in test-notif/' \
-  -e 's/^details: .*test-notify/details: test-notify/'
+  -e 's/^details: .*test-notify/details: test-notify/' \
+  -e 's/^Date:.*/Date:/'
 
 cat <<EOF >> $HGRCPATH
 [notify]
@@ -50,5 +51,6 @@ EOF
 echo % pull
 hg --cwd b rollback
 hg --traceback --cwd b pull ../a 2>&1 | sed -e 's/\(Message-Id:\).*/\1/' \
-  -e 's/changeset \([0-9a-f]*\) in .*/changeset \1/'
+  -e 's/changeset \([0-9a-f]*\) in .*/changeset \1/' \
+  -e 's/^Date:.*/Date:/'
 
diff --git a/tests/test-notify.out b/tests/test-notify.out
--- a/tests/test-notify.out
+++ b/tests/test-notify.out
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ adding changesets
 adding manifests
 adding file changes
 added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
+Date:
 Subject: changeset in test-notify/b: b
 From: test
 X-Hg-Notification: changeset 0647d048b600
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ adding changesets
 adding manifests
 adding file changes
 added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
+Date:
 Subject: b
 From: test@test.com
 X-Hg-Notification: changeset 0647d048b600