@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ package graph

 import (

 	"encoding/json"

+	"fmt"

 	"io"

 	"io/ioutil"

 	"os"

 	"path/filepath"

+	"time"

 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"

 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/archive"

@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ func (s *TagStore) ImageExport(names []string, outStream io.Writer) error {

 		if err := f.Close(); err != nil {

 			return err

 		}

+		if err := os.Chtimes(filepath.Join(tempdir, "repositories"), time.Unix(0, 0), time.Unix(0, 0)); err != nil {

+			return err

+		}

 	} else {

 		logrus.Debugf("There were no repositories to write")

 	}

@@ -128,7 +133,11 @@ func (s *TagStore) exportImage(name, tempdir string) error {

 		if err != nil {

 			return err

 		}

-		imageInspectRaw, err := s.lookupRaw(n)

+		img, err := s.LookupImage(n)

+		if err != nil || img == nil {

+			return fmt.Errorf("No such image %s", n)

+		}

+		imageInspectRaw, err := s.graph.RawJSON(img.ID)

 		if err != nil {

 			return err

 		}

@@ -149,11 +158,13 @@ func (s *TagStore) exportImage(name, tempdir string) error {

 			return err

 		}

-		// find parent

-		img, err := s.LookupImage(n)

-		if err != nil {

-			return err

+		for _, fname := range []string{"", "VERSION", "json", "layer.tar"} {

+			if err := os.Chtimes(filepath.Join(tmpImageDir, fname), img.Created, img.Created); err != nil {

+				return err

+			}

 		}

+

+		// try again with parent

 		n = img.Parent

 	}

 	return nil

@@ -11,22 +11,6 @@ import (

 	"github.com/docker/docker/utils"

 )

-// lookupRaw looks up an image by name in a TagStore and returns the raw JSON

-// describing the image.

-func (s *TagStore) lookupRaw(name string) ([]byte, error) {

-	image, err := s.LookupImage(name)

-	if err != nil || image == nil {

-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("No such image %s", name)

-	}

-

-	imageInspectRaw, err := s.graph.RawJSON(image.ID)

-	if err != nil {

-		return nil, err

-	}

-

-	return imageInspectRaw, nil

-}

-

 // Lookup looks up an image by name in a TagStore and returns it as an

 // ImageInspect structure.

 func (s *TagStore) Lookup(name string) (*types.ImageInspect, error) {

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@

 package main

 import (

+	"encoding/json"

 	"fmt"

 	"io/ioutil"

 	"os"

@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import (

 	"reflect"

 	"sort"

 	"strings"

+	"time"

 	"github.com/go-check/check"

 )

@@ -97,6 +99,24 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestSaveSingleTag(c *check.C) {

 	}

 }

+func (s *DockerSuite) TestSaveCheckTimes(c *check.C) {

+	repoName := "busybox:latest"

+	out, _ := dockerCmd(c, "inspect", repoName)

+	data := []struct {

+		ID      string

+		Created time.Time

+	}{}

+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(out), &data)

+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil, check.Commentf("failed to marshal from %q: err %v", repoName, err))

+	c.Assert(len(data), check.Not(check.Equals), 0, check.Commentf("failed to marshal the data from %q", repoName))

+	tarTvTimeFormat := "2006-01-02 15:04"

+	out, _, err = runCommandPipelineWithOutput(

+		exec.Command(dockerBinary, "save", repoName),

+		exec.Command("tar", "tv"),

+		exec.Command("grep", "-E", fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", data[0].Created.Format(tarTvTimeFormat), data[0].ID)))

+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil, check.Commentf("failed to save repo with image ID and 'repositories' file: %s, %v", out, err))

+}

+

 func (s *DockerSuite) TestSaveImageId(c *check.C) {

 	testRequires(c, DaemonIsLinux)

 	repoName := "foobar-save-image-id-test"