$ echo foo > abc $ stat abc | grep Mod Modify: 2017-01-11 09:47:51.022907652 +0000 $ perl -M'IO::Compress::Zip qw(zip)' -e ' zip "abc" => "abc.zip" ' $ mkdir out $ cd out $ unzip ../abc.zip Archive: ../abc.zip inflating: abc $ stat abc | grep Mod Modify: 2017-01-11 09:47:50.000000000 +0000