diff --git a/app/src/main/java/me/ash/reader/infrastructure/rss/RssHelper.kt b/app/src/main/java/me/ash/reader/infrastructure/rss/RssHelper.kt
index a465698b6..b057e97ee 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/me/ash/reader/infrastructure/rss/RssHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/me/ash/reader/infrastructure/rss/RssHelper.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import me.ash.reader.ui.ext.currentAccountId
 import me.ash.reader.ui.ext.decodeHTML
 import me.ash.reader.ui.ext.extractDomain
 import me.ash.reader.ui.ext.isFuture
+import me.ash.reader.ui.ext.isTooOld
 import me.ash.reader.ui.ext.spacerDollar
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
 import okhttp3.Request
@@ -176,7 +177,8 @@ constructor(
             accountId = accountId,
             feedId = feed.id,
             date =
-                (syndEntry.publishedDate ?: syndEntry.updatedDate)?.takeIf { !it.isFuture(preDate) }
+                syndEntry.publishedDate?.takeIf { !it.isFuture(preDate) && !it.isTooOld() }
+                    ?: syndEntry.updatedDate?.takeIf { !it.isFuture(preDate) && !it.isTooOld() }
                     ?: preDate,
             title = syndEntry.title.decodeHTML() ?: feed.name,
             author = syndEntry.author,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/me/ash/reader/ui/ext/DateExt.kt b/app/src/main/java/me/ash/reader/ui/ext/DateExt.kt
index 00126b363..ebd4ab853 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/me/ash/reader/ui/ext/DateExt.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/me/ash/reader/ui/ext/DateExt.kt
@@ -88,3 +88,8 @@ private fun String.parseToDate(
 }
 
 fun Date.isFuture(staticDate: Date = Date()): Boolean = this.time > staticDate.time
+
+fun Date.isTooOld(minYear: Int = 1970): Boolean {
+    val cal = Calendar.getInstance().apply { time = this@isTooOld }
+    return cal.get(Calendar.YEAR) < minYear
+}