Index: dom/src/test/java/org/apache/james/mime4j/field/LenientDateTimeFieldTest.java
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--- dom/src/test/java/org/apache/james/mime4j/field/LenientDateTimeFieldTest.java	(revision 1525891)
+++ dom/src/test/java/org/apache/james/mime4j/field/LenientDateTimeFieldTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -62,4 +62,10 @@
         Assert.assertEquals(1342563815882L, f.getDate().getTime());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDateWithExtraLeadingWhiteSpace() throws Exception {
+        DateTimeField f = parse("Date:  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:32:39 +1000");
+        Assert.assertEquals(1175052759000L, f.getDate().getTime());
+    }
+
 }
Index: dom/src/main/java/org/apache/james/mime4j/field/DateTimeFieldLenientImpl.java
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--- dom/src/main/java/org/apache/james/mime4j/field/DateTimeFieldLenientImpl.java	(revision 1525891)
+++ dom/src/main/java/org/apache/james/mime4j/field/DateTimeFieldLenientImpl.java	(working copy)
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@
         parsed = true;
         date = null;
         String body = getBody();
+        if (body != null) {
+            body = body.trim();
+        }
         for (String datePattern : datePatterns) {
             try {
                 SimpleDateFormat parser = new SimpleDateFormat(datePattern, Locale.US);