diff --git a/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/headers/FileHeaderFactory.java b/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/headers/FileHeaderFactory.java
index fbbaae2a..b26dceaf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/headers/FileHeaderFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/headers/FileHeaderFactory.java
@@ -54,12 +54,7 @@ public FileHeader generateFileHeader(ZipParameters zipParameters, boolean isSpli
     fileHeader.setFileName(fileName);
     fileHeader.setFileNameLength(determineFileNameLength(fileName, charset));
     fileHeader.setDiskNumberStart(isSplitZip ? currentDiskNumberStart : 0);
-
-    if (zipParameters.getLastModifiedFileTime() > 0) {
-      fileHeader.setLastModifiedTime(Zip4jUtil.epochToExtendedDosTime(zipParameters.getLastModifiedFileTime()));
-    } else {
-      fileHeader.setLastModifiedTime(Zip4jUtil.epochToExtendedDosTime(System.currentTimeMillis()));
-    }
+    fileHeader.setLastModifiedTime(Zip4jUtil.epochToExtendedDosTime(zipParameters.getLastModifiedFileTime()));
 
     boolean isDirectory = isZipEntryDirectory(fileName);
     fileHeader.setDirectory(isDirectory);
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/io/outputstream/ZipOutputStream.java b/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/io/outputstream/ZipOutputStream.java
index d76c8b72..3840440d 100755
--- a/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/io/outputstream/ZipOutputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/io/outputstream/ZipOutputStream.java
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ public void putNextEntry(ZipParameters zipParameters) throws IOException {
       clonedZipParameters.setCompressionMethod(CompressionMethod.STORE);
       clonedZipParameters.setEncryptFiles(false);
       clonedZipParameters.setEntrySize(0);
+
+      if (zipParameters.getLastModifiedFileTime() <= 0) {
+        clonedZipParameters.setLastModifiedFileTime(System.currentTimeMillis());
+      }
     }
     initializeAndWriteFileHeader(clonedZipParameters);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/tasks/AbstractAddFileToZipTask.java b/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/tasks/AbstractAddFileToZipTask.java
index 22b1fc1a..03d5ffc7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/tasks/AbstractAddFileToZipTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/tasks/AbstractAddFileToZipTask.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -198,15 +196,20 @@ void updateLocalFileHeader(FileHeader fileHeader, SplitOutputStream splitOutputS
     headerWriter.updateLocalFileHeader(fileHeader, getZipModel(), splitOutputStream);
   }
 
+  // Suppressing warning to use BasicFileAttributes as this has trouble reading symlink's attributes
+  @SuppressWarnings("BulkFileAttributesRead")
   private ZipParameters cloneAndAdjustZipParameters(ZipParameters zipParameters, File fileToAdd,
                                                     ProgressMonitor progressMonitor) throws IOException {
     ZipParameters clonedZipParameters = new ZipParameters(zipParameters);
 
-    BasicFileAttributes fileAttributes = Files.readAttributes(fileToAdd.toPath(), BasicFileAttributes.class);
-    if (fileAttributes.isDirectory()) {
+    if (fileToAdd.isDirectory()) {
       clonedZipParameters.setEntrySize(0);
     } else {
-      clonedZipParameters.setEntrySize(fileAttributes.size());
+      clonedZipParameters.setEntrySize(fileToAdd.length());
+    }
+
+    if (zipParameters.getLastModifiedFileTime() <= 0) {
+      clonedZipParameters.setLastModifiedFileTime(fileToAdd.lastModified());
     }
 
     clonedZipParameters.setWriteExtendedLocalFileHeader(false);
@@ -216,7 +219,7 @@ private ZipParameters cloneAndAdjustZipParameters(ZipParameters zipParameters, F
       clonedZipParameters.setFileNameInZip(relativeFileName);
     }
 
-    if (fileAttributes.isDirectory()) {
+    if (fileToAdd.isDirectory()) {
       clonedZipParameters.setCompressionMethod(STORE);
       clonedZipParameters.setEncryptionMethod(NONE);
       clonedZipParameters.setEncryptFiles(false);
@@ -227,7 +230,7 @@ private ZipParameters cloneAndAdjustZipParameters(ZipParameters zipParameters, F
         progressMonitor.setCurrentTask(ADD_ENTRY);
       }
 
-      if (fileAttributes.size() == 0) {
+      if (fileToAdd.length() == 0) {
         clonedZipParameters.setCompressionMethod(STORE);
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/lingala/zip4j/AddFilesToZipIT.java b/src/test/java/net/lingala/zip4j/AddFilesToZipIT.java
index 3eff38b6..fcaa9519 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/lingala/zip4j/AddFilesToZipIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/lingala/zip4j/AddFilesToZipIT.java
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ public void testAddStreamToZipWithoutEncryptionForNewZipAddsSuccessfully() throw
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testAddStreamToWithStoreCompressionAndWithoutEncryption() throws IOException {
+  public void testAddStreamToZipWithStoreCompressionAndWithoutEncryption() throws IOException {
     File fileToAdd = TestUtils.getTestFileFromResources("бореиская.txt");
     ZipParameters zipParameters = new ZipParameters();
     zipParameters.setCompressionMethod(CompressionMethod.STORE);
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ public void testAddStreamToWithStoreCompressionAndWithoutEncryption() throws IOE
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testAddStreamToWithStoreCompressionAndZipStandardEncryption() throws IOException {
+  public void testAddStreamToZipWithStoreCompressionAndZipStandardEncryption() throws IOException {
     File fileToAdd = TestUtils.getTestFileFromResources("sample_text_large.txt");
     ZipParameters zipParameters = createZipParameters(EncryptionMethod.ZIP_STANDARD, null);
     zipParameters.setCompressionMethod(CompressionMethod.STORE);