2 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gallery_dl/postprocessor/metadata.py b/gallery_dl/postprocessor/metadata.py
index fe65c88..e776888 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/postprocessor/metadata.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/postprocessor/metadata.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2019-2021 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2019-2022 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ class MetadataPP(PostProcessor):
             events = events.split(",")
         job.register_hooks({event: self.run for event in events}, options)
 
+        self.mtime = options.get("mtime")
+
     def run(self, pathfmt):
         directory = self._directory(pathfmt)
         path = directory + self._filename(pathfmt)
@@ -71,6 +73,11 @@ class MetadataPP(PostProcessor):
             with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fp:
                 self.write(fp, pathfmt.kwdict)
 
+        if self.mtime:
+            mtime = pathfmt.kwdict.get("_mtime")
+            if mtime:
+                util.set_mtime(path, mtime)
+
     def _directory(self, pathfmt):
         return pathfmt.realdirectory
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/postprocessor/mtime.py b/gallery_dl/postprocessor/mtime.py
index d2f1915..098984a 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/postprocessor/mtime.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/postprocessor/mtime.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2019-2021 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2019-2022 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ class MtimePP(PostProcessor):
     def __init__(self, job, options):
         PostProcessor.__init__(self, job)
         self.key = options.get("key", "date")
-        job.register_hooks({"file": self.run}, options)
+
+        events = options.get("event")
+        if events is None:
+            events = ("file",)
+        elif isinstance(events, str):
+            events = events.split(",")
+        job.register_hooks({event: self.run for event in events}, options)
 
     def run(self, pathfmt):
         mtime = pathfmt.kwdict.get(self.key)