diff --git a/src/handlers/event-message-handler.ts b/src/handlers/event-message-handler.ts
index 627450a..14d5427 100644
--- a/src/handlers/event-message-handler.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/event-message-handler.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { Event } from '../@types/event'
 import { Factory } from '../@types/base'
 import { IncomingEventMessage } from '../@types/messages'
 import { IWebSocketAdapter } from '../@types/adapters'
+import { Settings } from '../utils/settings'
+import { WebSocketAdapterEvent } from '../constants/adapter'
 
 export class EventMessageHandler implements IMessageHandler {
   public constructor(
@@ -14,6 +16,14 @@ export class EventMessageHandler implements IMessageHandler {
 
   public async handleMessage(message: IncomingEventMessage): Promise<void> {
     const [, event] = message
+
+    const reason = this.canAcceptEvent(event)
+    if (reason) {
+      this.webSocket.emit(WebSocketAdapterEvent.Message, `Event rejected: ${reason}`)
+      console.error(`Event ${event.id} rejected. Reason: ${reason}`)
+      return
+    }
+
     console.log('Received event:', event)
     if (!await isEventSignatureValid(event) || !isEventIdValid(event)) {
       console.warn(`Event ${event.id} from ${event.pubkey} with signature ${event.sig} is not valid`)
@@ -42,4 +52,20 @@ export class EventMessageHandler implements IMessageHandler {
       console.error('Error handling message:', message, error)
     }
   }
+
+  private canAcceptEvent(event: Event): string | undefined {
+    const now = Math.floor(Date.now()/1000)
+    const limits = Settings.limits.event
+    if (limits.createdAt.maxPositiveDelta > 0) {
+      if (event.created_at > now + limits.createdAt.maxPositiveDelta) {
+        return `created_at is more than ${limits.createdAt.maxPositiveDelta} seconds in the future`
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (limits.createdAt.maxNegativeDelta > 0) {
+      if (event.created_at < now - limits.createdAt.maxNegativeDelta) {
+        return `created_at is more than ${limits.createdAt.maxNegativeDelta} seconds in the past`
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/settings.ts b/src/utils/settings.ts
index 3926e56..09660b8 100644
--- a/src/utils/settings.ts
+++ b/src/utils/settings.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ const getDefaultSettings = (): ISettings => ({
         whitelist: [],
         blacklist: [],
       },
+      createdAt: {
+        maxPositiveDelta: 900, // +15 min
+        maxNegativeDelta: 31536000, // -1 year
+      },
     },
     client: {
       subscription: {