--- fastjar-0.97/jartool.c	2008-10-15 18:35:37.000000000 +0200
+++ fastjar-0.97/jartool.c-gil	2010-02-03 17:52:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -820,6 +820,10 @@
   int mod_time; /* file modification time */
   struct zipentry *ze;
 
+  current_time = time(NULL);
+  if(current_time == (time_t)-1)
+    exit_on_error("time");
+
   mod_time = unix2dostime(&current_time);  
   
   /* If we are creating a new manifest, create a META-INF directory entry */
@@ -828,10 +832,6 @@
 
     memset((file_header + 12), '\0', 16); /*clear mod time, crc, size fields*/
   
-    current_time = time(NULL);
-    if(current_time == (time_t)-1)
-      exit_on_error("time");
-
     PACK_UB2(file_header, LOC_EXTRA, 0);
     PACK_UB2(file_header, LOC_COMP, 0);
     PACK_UB2(file_header, LOC_FNLEN, nlen);