Avoiding Lightroom to change the file's date of JPEG

When I import my directories with JPEG pictures, the file modified dates are changed of my JPEG pics. Is it possible to avoid this? I prefer to keep these dates.
Of course the capture date is also stored in the EXIF information, but still I prefer to see the date of the picture by looking at the file date.

I use Windows XP. I have a combination of many old JPG's and new RAW pictures. Both are on my harddisk. When I import these into the LR database, the XMP files of the RAW files are updated (which is okay), but also the JPGs are updated and they loose their original file date.
It is true that automatically update XMP data has been turned on. Maybe I should switch this off?

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    Hey Luis,
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    DynamicConfiguration conf = param.get(StreamTransformationConstants.DYNAMIC_CONFIGURATION);
    Regards,
    Henrique.

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    Thank you MacNix!!!!!

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