Modified date issue in ODS package zip

[anurak]

I am using macro to zip all files in a folder. When i open the zip file, date of modified becomes the date I ran the macro. When I create zip files manually, date of modified preserves original files date. Here is the code I am using. How can i preserve the original modified date in zip file?

ods package(newzip) open nopf;

%do j = 1 %to &cnt;

ods package(newzip) add file="&dir.&&name&j" mimetype="application/x-compress";
ods package(newzip) publish archive properties(archive_name="&zipnme..zip" archive_path="&ziploc");

%end;

ods package(newzip) close;

[agannon]

Retaining timestamps for ZIP files has been discussed before on SAS Communities: 

https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Using-ODS-PACKAGE-to-create-ZIP-files-without-Changing-T...

[Reeza]

It looks like there's currently no method to do that with ODS Package but if your OS has a zip tool installed you can use that from within SAS to get the same output, usually you do need XCMD enabled though.