1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 23af9ffa3..00f9f87af 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         /* Initialise default values */
         tar_handle = init_handle();
-        tar_handle->flags = ARCHIVE_CREATE_LEADING_DIRS;
+        tar_handle->flags = ARCHIVE_CREATE_LEADING_DIRS | ARCHIVE_PRESERVE_DATE;
 
         while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "cjtxT:X:C:f:Opvz")) != -1) {
                 switch (opt) {
@@ -669,7 +669,6 @@ int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         tar_handle->action_data = data_extract_to_stdout;
                         break;
                 case 'p':
-                        tar_handle->flags |= ARCHIVE_PRESERVE_DATE;
                         break;
                 case 'v':
                         if ((tar_handle->action_header == header_list) ||