need help for cp with -p switch

Guys,

I need to copy files from source to destination with datetime preserved

I did it with cp -p <source>/file <destinaltion>/file

But when I do stat command on copied file , it seems the copied file has "change time" modified.

Please guide me in understanding

The "change time" is the modification time of the inode and not of the file.

When you create a new file then it will be created a new inode.

Thanks man, now i understand.