diff --git a/rc/base/mail.kak b/rc/base/mail.kak
index 3318a8a9..b09df797 100644
--- a/rc/base/mail.kak
+++ b/rc/base/mail.kak
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ hook global BufCreate .+\.eml %{
 }
 
 add-highlighter shared/mail group
-add-highlighter shared/mail/ regex ^(From|To|Cc|Bcc|Subject|Reply-To|In-Reply-To):([^\n]*(?:\n\h+[^\n]+)*)$ 1:keyword 2:attribute
+add-highlighter shared/mail/ regex ^(From|To|Cc|Bcc|Subject|Reply-To|In-Reply-To|Date):([^\n]*(?:\n\h+[^\n]+)*)$ 1:keyword 2:attribute
 add-highlighter shared/mail/ regex <[^@>]+@.*?> 0:string
 add-highlighter shared/mail/ regex ^>.*?$ 0:comment