diff --git a/uploader/filter.go b/uploader/filter.go
index e9e9395..e453cfe 100644
--- a/uploader/filter.go
+++ b/uploader/filter.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func filterHeaders(l *zap.Logger, header *fasthttp.RequestHeader) map[string]str
 	return result
 }
 
-func prepareExpirationHeader(headers map[string]string, epochDurations *epochDurations) error {
+func prepareExpirationHeader(headers map[string]string, epochDurations *epochDurations, now time.Time) error {
 	expirationInEpoch := headers[object.SysAttributeExpEpoch]
 
 	if timeRFC3339, ok := headers[utils.ExpirationRFC3339Attr]; ok {
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ func prepareExpirationHeader(headers map[string]string, epochDurations *epochDur
 			return fmt.Errorf("couldn't parse value %s of header %s", timeRFC3339, utils.ExpirationRFC3339Attr)
 		}
 
-		now := time.Now().UTC()
 		if expTime.Before(now) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("value %s of header %s must be in the future", timeRFC3339, utils.ExpirationRFC3339Attr)
 		}
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ func prepareExpirationHeader(headers map[string]string, epochDurations *epochDur
 		}
 		expTime := time.Unix(value, 0)
 
-		now := time.Now()
 		if expTime.Before(now) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("value %s of header %s must be in the future", timestamp, utils.ExpirationTimestampAttr)
 		}
diff --git a/uploader/filter_test.go b/uploader/filter_test.go
index f1e300d..585fac8 100644
--- a/uploader/filter_test.go
+++ b/uploader/filter_test.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func TestPrepareExpirationHeader(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			err := prepareExpirationHeader(tc.headers, tc.durations)
+			err := prepareExpirationHeader(tc.headers, tc.durations, time.Now())
 			if tc.err {
 				require.Error(t, err)
 			} else {
diff --git a/uploader/upload.go b/uploader/upload.go
index 2db7c34..8e65456 100644
--- a/uploader/upload.go
+++ b/uploader/upload.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -121,7 +122,17 @@ func (u *Uploader) Upload(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
 			response.Error(c, "could not get epoch durations from network info: "+err.Error(), fasthttp.StatusBadRequest)
 			return
 		}
-		if err = prepareExpirationHeader(filtered, epochDuration); err != nil {
+
+		now := time.Now()
+		if rawHeader := c.Request.Header.Peek(fasthttp.HeaderDate); rawHeader != nil {
+			if parsed, err := time.Parse(http.TimeFormat, string(rawHeader)); err != nil {
+				log.Warn("could not parse client time", zap.String("Date header", string(rawHeader)), zap.Error(err))
+			} else {
+				now = parsed
+			}
+		}
+
+		if err = prepareExpirationHeader(filtered, epochDuration, now); err != nil {
 			log.Error("could not parse expiration header", zap.Error(err))
 			response.Error(c, "could not parse expiration header: "+err.Error(), fasthttp.StatusBadRequest)
 			return