Comment 10 for bug 215499

Gnome-bugzilla is too high-level for the average ubuntu user (like me)
Therefore I truly hope that the resolution of this bug will be used for an updated package in ubuntu 8.04 LTS given its LTS status.

Nautilus should preserve timestamp by default wherever possible, in local system file copying (Ext3, fat32, NTFS, all FS where possible, workaround: gnome commander) and (s)ftp (workaround: gftp). If other gnome programs and command line can do it, Nautilus should be able to do it as well. If there were no workarounds available I would have to switch to windows for file copying, because I do not want to lose timestamp info.

I don't see the the advantage of NOT preserving the timestamp, but if there would be an advantage this should only be possible as an option, and certainly not by default.