diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index da2b6b6..ae2b0c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
-### Changed
+## [1.4.0] - 2024-05-09
+
+- Support retry after as a date.
 
 ## [1.3.3] - 2024-03-19
 
diff --git a/retry_handler.go b/retry_handler.go
index aa9faf4..141a8c0 100644
--- a/retry_handler.go
+++ b/retry_handler.go
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ func (middleware RetryHandler) getRetryDelay(req *nethttp.Request, resp *nethttp
 		if err == nil {
 			return time.Duration(retryAfterDelay) * time.Second
 		}
-	} //TODO parse the header if it's a date
+
+		// parse the header if it's a date
+		t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC1123, retryAfter)
+		if err == nil {
+			return t.Sub(time.Now())
+		}
+	}
 	return time.Duration(math.Pow(float64(options.GetDelaySeconds()), float64(executionCount))) * time.Second
 }
diff --git a/retry_handler_test.go b/retry_handler_test.go
index d76bc12..0ff8746 100644
--- a/retry_handler_test.go
+++ b/retry_handler_test.go
@@ -106,6 +106,34 @@ func TestItHonoursMaxRetries(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, defaultMaxRetries, retryAttemptInt)
 }
 
+func TestItHonoursRetryAfterDate(t *testing.T) {
+	retryAttemptInt := -1
+	start := time.Now()
+	retryAfterTimeStr := start.Add(4 * time.Second).Format(time.RFC1123)
+	testServer := httptest.NewServer(nethttp.HandlerFunc(func(res nethttp.ResponseWriter, req *nethttp.Request) {
+		res.Header().Set("Retry-After", retryAfterTimeStr)
+		res.WriteHeader(429)
+		retryAttemptInt++
+		res.Write([]byte("body"))
+	}))
+
+	defer func() { testServer.Close() }()
+	handler := NewRetryHandler()
+	req, err := nethttp.NewRequest(nethttp.MethodGet, testServer.URL, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	resp, err := handler.Intercept(newNoopPipeline(), 0, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	assert.NotNil(t, resp)
+	end := time.Now()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, defaultMaxRetries, retryAttemptInt)
+	assert.Greater(t, end.Sub(start), 3*time.Second) // delay should be greater than 3 seconds (ignoring microsecond differences)
+}
+
 func TestItHonoursContextExpiry(t *testing.T) {
 	retryAttemptInt := -1
 	testServer := httptest.NewServer(nethttp.HandlerFunc(func(res nethttp.ResponseWriter, req *nethttp.Request) {