Index: mailhandler.module
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--- mailhandler.module	(revision 9065)
+++ mailhandler.module	(working copy)
@@ -454,8 +455,21 @@
     // In comment module, status of 1 means unpublished, status of 0 means published.
     $node->status == 1 ? $node->status = 0 : $node->status = 1;
   }
+
+  // Get $node->created from $node->date
+  $string = $node->date;
+  $string_explode = explode(' ', $string);
+  $string_date = $string_explode[0];
+  $string_time = $string_explode[1];
+  $string_date_explode = explode('-', $string_date);
+  $string_time_explode = explode(':', $string_time);
+  $timestamp = mktime($string_time_explode[0], $string_time_explode[1], $string_time_explode[2], $string_date_explode[1], $string_date_explode[2], $string_date_explode[0]);
+  $node->created = $timestamp;
+  $node->changed = $timestamp;
+
   // We want the comment to have the email time, not the current time
   $node->timestamp = $node->created;
+
   // comment_save gets an array
   $edit = (array)$node;