if !srcTimestamp.IsZero() {
				ondiskTimestamp, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, lastTaggingTimestamp)
				// update tagging metadata only if replica  timestamp is newer than what's on disk
				if err != nil || (err == nil && ondiskTimestamp.Before(srcTimestamp)) {
					srcInfo.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefixLower+TaggingTimestamp] = srcTimestamp.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339Nano)