diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hsmf/datatypes/MessageSubmissionChunk.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hsmf/datatypes/MessageSubmissionChunk.java
index c8867a6c7..985e58fce 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hsmf/datatypes/MessageSubmissionChunk.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hsmf/datatypes/MessageSubmissionChunk.java
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ public class MessageSubmissionChunk extends Chunk {
                Matcher m = datePatern.matcher(dateS);
                if(m.matches()) {
                   date = Calendar.getInstance();
-                  date.set(Calendar.YEAR,  Integer.parseInt(m.group(1)) + 2000);
+
+                  // work around issues with dates like 1989, which appear as "89" here
+                  int year = Integer.parseInt(m.group(1));
+                  date.set(Calendar.YEAR,  year + (year > 80 ? 1900 : 2000));
+
                   date.set(Calendar.MONTH, Integer.parseInt(m.group(2)) - 1); // Java is 0 based
                   date.set(Calendar.DATE,  Integer.parseInt(m.group(3)));
                   date.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, Integer.parseInt(m.group(4)));
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hsmf/AllHSMFTests.java b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hsmf/AllHSMFTests.java
index 710d991d9..fe8cb1124 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hsmf/AllHSMFTests.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hsmf/AllHSMFTests.java
@@ -27,19 +27,18 @@ import org.apache.poi.hsmf.parsers.*;
 public final class AllHSMFTests {
    public static Test suite() {
       TestSuite suite = new TestSuite(AllHSMFTests.class.getName());
+
       suite.addTestSuite(TestBasics.class);
       suite.addTestSuite(TestBlankFileRead.class);
       suite.addTestSuite(TestSimpleFileRead.class);
       suite.addTestSuite(TestOutlook30FileRead.class);
       suite.addTestSuite(TestFileWithAttachmentsRead.class);
-
       suite.addTestSuite(TestChunkData.class);
       suite.addTestSuite(TestTypes.class);
       suite.addTestSuite(TestSorters.class);
-
       suite.addTestSuite(TestOutlookTextExtractor.class);
-      
       suite.addTestSuite(TestPOIFSChunkParser.class);
+      suite.addTestSuite(TestMessageSubmissionChunkY2KRead.class);
 
       return suite;
    }
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hsmf/TestMessageSubmissionChunkY2KRead.java b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hsmf/TestMessageSubmissionChunkY2KRead.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c10ba0b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hsmf/TestMessageSubmissionChunkY2KRead.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/* ====================================================================
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+==================================================================== */
+
+package org.apache.poi.hsmf;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.poi.hsmf.MAPIMessage;
+import org.apache.poi.hsmf.exceptions.ChunkNotFoundException;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
+
+import java.util.Calendar;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public final class TestMessageSubmissionChunkY2KRead extends TestCase {
+    
+    private MAPIMessage mapiMessage1979;
+    private MAPIMessage mapiMessage1980;
+    private MAPIMessage mapiMessage1981;
+
+    /**
+     * Initialise this test, load up the three test messages.
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public TestMessageSubmissionChunkY2KRead() throws IOException {
+        POIDataSamples samples = POIDataSamples.getHSMFInstance();
+        this.mapiMessage1979 = new MAPIMessage(samples.openResourceAsStream("message_1979.msg"));
+        this.mapiMessage1980 = new MAPIMessage(samples.openResourceAsStream("message_1980.msg"));
+        this.mapiMessage1981 = new MAPIMessage(samples.openResourceAsStream("message_1981.msg"));
+    }
+
+    // 1979 is one year before our pivot year (so this is an expected "failure")
+    public void testReadMessageDate1979() throws ChunkNotFoundException {
+        final Calendar date = mapiMessage1979.getMessageDate();
+        final int year = date.get(Calendar.YEAR);
+        TestCase.assertEquals(2079, year);
+    }
+
+    // 1980 is our pivot year (so this is an expected "failure")
+    public void testReadMessageDate1980() throws ChunkNotFoundException {
+        final Calendar date = mapiMessage1980.getMessageDate();
+        final int year = date.get(Calendar.YEAR);
+        TestCase.assertEquals(2080, year);
+    }
+
+    // 1981 is one year after our pivot year (so this starts working)
+    public void testReadMessageDate1981() throws ChunkNotFoundException {
+        final Calendar date = mapiMessage1981.getMessageDate();
+        final int year = date.get(Calendar.YEAR);
+        TestCase.assertEquals(1981, year);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test-data/hsmf/message_1979.msg b/test-data/hsmf/message_1979.msg
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index 000000000..10083c8e4
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diff --git a/test-data/hsmf/message_1980.msg b/test-data/hsmf/message_1980.msg
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index 000000000..bb295404d
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diff --git a/test-data/hsmf/message_1981.msg b/test-data/hsmf/message_1981.msg
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index 000000000..6833d5434
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