# File lib/mail/fields/date_field.rb, line 34
    def initialize(value = nil, charset = 'utf-8')
      self.charset = charset
      if value.blank?
        value = Time.now.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z')
      else
        value = strip_field(FIELD_NAME, value)
        value.to_s.gsub!(/\(.*?\)/, '')
        value = ::DateTime.parse(value.to_s.squeeze(" ")).strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z')
      end
      super(CAPITALIZED_FIELD, value, charset)
    end