# USPS dramatically changes how postmarks work **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 30, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-dramatically-changes-how-postmarks-work/1026178 "2025-12-30T21:40:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-dramatically-changes-how-postmarks-work/1026178/2 "2025-12-30T21:43:12Z")
> [@USPS Changes Postmark Date System. Why This is Bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-changes-postmark-date-system-why-this-is-bad/1026168): > > So the US Postal Service has now changed its processing rules such that the postmark on any mail received by the USPS will no longer be dated according to the date or receipt, but rather by the date of processing. Sounds tedious and administrative, yes? [Except](https://www.currentfederaltaxdevelopments.com/blog/2025/12/8/usps-changes-to-postmark-date-system-taking-effect-december-24-2025)… Which will obviously have an impact on people mailing in their tax returns at the last minute but also opens the door for a lot of jiggery-fuckery around postal voting. Want to mail your vote in? Then you better hope you live somewher… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-dramatically-changes-how-postmarks-work/1026178)._