diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index fcfceb4..5bd2a78 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1485,13 +1485,46 @@ HTML;
 		$headers = array_change_key_case( $headers, CASE_LOWER );
 
 		//	Validate the timestamp is within ±30 seconds
-		if ( !isset( $headers["date"] ) ) { return null; }	//	No date set
+		//	7.2.4 of https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9421/ says compare the Date header and the published date of the message
+		if ( !isset( $headers["date"] ) ) { 
+			//	No date set
+			//	Filename for the log
+			$filename  = "{$timestamp}.{$type}.Signature.Date_Failure.txt";
+
+			//	Save headers and request data to the timestamped file in the logs directory
+			file_put_contents( $directories["logs"] . "/{$filename}", 
+				"Original Body:\n"    . print_r( $body, true )       . "\n\n" .
+				"Original Headers:\n" . print_r( $headers, true )    . "\n\n"			
+			);
+			return null; 
+		}
 		$dateHeader = $headers["date"];
 		$headerDatetime  = DateTime::createFromFormat('D, d M Y H:i:s T', $dateHeader);
 		$currentDatetime = new DateTime();
 
+		//	First, check if the message was sent more than 30 seconds ago
 		// Calculate the time difference in seconds
 		$timeDifference = abs( $currentDatetime->getTimestamp() - $headerDatetime->getTimestamp() );
+		if ( $timeDifference > 30 ) { 
+			//	Write a log detailing the error
+			//	Filename for the log
+			$filename  = "{$timestamp}.{$type}.Signature.Delay_Failure.txt";
+
+			//	Save headers and request data to the timestamped file in the logs directory
+			file_put_contents( $directories["logs"] . "/{$filename}", 
+				"Header Date:\n"      . print_r( $dateHeader, true ) . "\n" .
+				"Server Date:\n"      . print_r( $currentDatetime->format('D, d M Y H:i:s T'), true ) ."\n" .
+				"Original Body:\n"    . print_r( $body, true )       . "\n\n" .
+				"Original Headers:\n" . print_r( $headers, true )    . "\n\n"
+			);
+			return false; 
+		}
+
+		//	Is there a significant difference between the Date header and the published timestamp?
+		$published = $body["published"];
+		$publishedDatetime = new DateTime($published);
+		// Calculate the time difference in seconds
+		$timeDifference = abs( $publishedDatetime->getTimestamp() - $headerDatetime->getTimestamp() );
 		if ( $timeDifference > 30 ) { 
 			//	Write a log detailing the error
 			//	Filename for the log
@@ -1499,8 +1532,10 @@ HTML;
 
 			//	Save headers and request data to the timestamped file in the logs directory
 			file_put_contents( $directories["logs"] . "/{$filename}", 
-				"Original Date:\n" . print_r( $dateHeader, true )    . "\n" .
-				"Local Date:\n"    . print_r( $currentDatetime->format('D, d M Y H:i:s T'), true ) . "\n"
+				"Header Date:\n"      . print_r( $dateHeader, true ) . "\n" .
+				"Published Date:\n"   . print_r( $publishedDatetime->format('D, d M Y H:i:s T'), true ) ."\n" .
+				"Original Body:\n"    . print_r( $body, true )       . "\n\n" .
+				"Original Headers:\n" . print_r( $headers, true )    . "\n\n"
 			);
 			return false; 
 		}
@@ -1588,38 +1623,50 @@ HTML;
 		$actorPublicKey = $actorData["publicKey"]["publicKeyPem"];
 
 		if ( $publicKey != $actorPublicKey ) {	
-			$verified = false;
-		} else {
-			//	Get the remaining parts
-			$signature = base64_decode( $signatureParts["signature"] );
-			$algorithm = $signatureParts["algorithm"];
+			//	Filename for the log
+			$filename  = "{$timestamp}.{$type}.Signature.Mismatch_Failure.txt";
 
-			//	There might be many different signing algorithms
-			//	TODO: Find a way to transform these automatically
-			//	See https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/issues/1186#issuecomment-1976166659 and https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/430 for hs2019
-			if ( "hs2019" == $algorithm ) {
-				$algorithm = "sha256";
-			}
-
-			//	Finally! Calculate whether the signature is valid
-			//	Returns 1 if verified, 0 if not, false or -1 if an error occurred
-			$verified = openssl_verify(
-				$signatureString, 
-				$signature, 
-				$publicKey, 
-				$algorithm
+			//	Save headers and request data to the timestamped file in the logs directory
+			file_put_contents( $directories["logs"] . "/{$filename}", 
+				"Original Body:\n"              . print_r( $body, true )             . "\n\n" .
+				"Original Headers:\n"           . print_r( $headers, true )          . "\n\n" .
+				"Signature Headers:\n"          . print_r( $signatureHeaders, true ) . "\n\n" .
+				"publicKeyURL:\n"               . print_r( $publicKeyURL, true )     . "\n\n" .
+				"publicKey:\n"                  . print_r( $publicKey, true )        . "\n\n" .
+				"actorPublicKey:\n"             . print_r( $actorPublicKey, true )   . "\n"
 			);
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		//	Get the remaining parts
+		$signature = base64_decode( $signatureParts["signature"] );
+		$algorithm = $signatureParts["algorithm"];
 
-			//	Convert to boolean
-			if ( $verified === 1 ) {
-				$verified = true;
-			} elseif ( $verified === 0 ) {
-				$verified = false;
-			} else {
-				$verified = null;
-			}
+		//	There might be many different signing algorithms
+		//	TODO: Find a way to transform these automatically
+		//	See https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/issues/1186#issuecomment-1976166659 and https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/430 for hs2019
+		if ( "hs2019" == $algorithm ) {
+			$algorithm = "sha256";
 		}
 
+		//	Finally! Calculate whether the signature is valid
+		//	Returns 1 if verified, 0 if not, false or -1 if an error occurred
+		$verified = openssl_verify(
+			$signatureString, 
+			$signature, 
+			$publicKey, 
+			$algorithm
+		);
+
+		//	Convert to boolean
+		if ( $verified === 1 ) {
+			$verified = true;
+		} elseif ( $verified === 0 ) {
+			$verified = false;
+		} else {
+			$verified = null;
+		}
+	
 		//	Filename for the log
 		$filename  = "{$timestamp}.{$type}.Signature.". json_encode( $verified ) . ".txt";