2020's standalone _<I>ziptools_</I> is an enhanced-utility wrapper 
around Python's standard zipfile module, which adds UTC timestamps, 
symlink support, modtime propagation, and more; see its main 
_<A HREF="http:/learning-python.com/ziptools.html">web_&nbsp;page_</A>.
This also was born of necessity: content management 
requires cross-platform zipfile tools that do the 
right thing everywhere (even on Android).