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830830.. attribute :: ZipInfo.date_time
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832832 The time and date of the last modification to the archive member. This is a
833- tuple of six values:
833+ tuple of six values representing the "last [modified] file time" and "last [modified] file date"
834+ fields from the ZIP file's central directory.
835+
836+ The tuple contains:
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835838 +-------+--------------------------+
836839 | Index | Value |
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851854 .. note ::
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853- The ZIP file format does not support timestamps before 1980.
856+ The ZIP format supports multiple timestamp fields in different locations
857+ (central directory, extra fields for NTFS/UNIX systems, etc.). This attribute
858+ specifically returns the timestamp from the central directory. The central
859+ directory timestamp format in ZIP files does not support timestamps before
860+ 1980. While some extra field formats (such as UNIX timestamps) can represent
861+ earlier dates, this attribute only returns the central directory timestamp.
862+
863+ The central directory timestamp is interpreted as representing local
864+ time, rather than UTC time, to match the behavior of other zip tools.
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856867.. attribute :: ZipInfo.compress_type
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