# How to send a backdated/previous date email?

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**Created:** [April 15, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-send-a-backdated-previous-date-email/79970 "2020-04-15T16:30:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Feroz\_Khan](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/feroz_khan/32/11880_2.png) [@Feroz\_Khan](https://onehack.st/u/Feroz_Khan)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-send-a-backdated-previous-date-email/79970/1 "2020-04-15T16:30:41Z")

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How to send a backdated/previous date email?

Any help would be highly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Hyperdemongod](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/hyperdemongod/32/26170_2.png) [@Hyperdemongod](https://onehack.st/u/Hyperdemongod)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-send-a-backdated-previous-date-email/79970/3 "2020-04-16T07:13:28Z")

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Change the system date/time on your PC.  
Prepare the email you need to send and before you send it, change your system time/date to when you want the mail to have been send.  
On windows change the date from Control Panel\>Date and Time\>Change date and time. Save the changes. Now go back to your Email and send it.  
Once the email is sent you can revert back the date/time on your system to the current time. You may need to confirm if the mail has been delivered.  
You can set a delivery confirm receipt on your email.  
Once sent the email will be received in real time/immediately (if everything is working fine on your end and the recipient’s end). The recipient will see the mail as delivered in real time but it will show it was sent on the date/time you had set on your system.  
The email server will use the date/time on your system and attach it to the mail.

For further reference, check this:

> **[Backdating Email Send Date](http://it-kenya.blogspot.com/2015/01/backdating-email-send-date.html)**
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> How to backdate and email send date/time. Ever been in a situation where you forgot to send an important email on time? Could be that imp...

> **[How to Send an E-mail With a Previous Date](https://www.techjunkie.com/send-email-previous-date/)**
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> Nowadays, emails are essential for communicating. It’s among the best ways to exchange important documents and notes with your friends, family, and colleagues at work. If you frequently send emails for work, you may schedule a few to streamline your...

> **[Send email with a past time stamp](https://community.spiceworks.com/t/send-email-with-a-past-time-stamp/107359)**
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> I admit this is an odd request from my boss. He asked me if it is possible to send an email using a past date stamp. ie. today is October 17, 2011 and he want to send an email showing October 1st. We’re using Exchange 2003. IIf sending an...

[https://www.quora.com/Can-I-send-a-backdated-email-via-Gmail](https://www.quora.com/Can-I-send-a-backdated-email-via-Gmail)

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**Author:** ![Feroz\_Khan](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/feroz_khan/32/11880_2.png) [@Feroz\_Khan](https://onehack.st/u/Feroz_Khan)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 9:41am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-send-a-backdated-previous-date-email/79970/5 "2020-04-16T09:41:09Z")

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It is not working. Changing the PC date and time does not help.  
Btw, thanks for trying.