// does not always result in the PAX format being chosen, which
	// causes a 1KiB increase to every header.
	if tw.hdr.Format == FormatUnknown {
		tw.hdr.ModTime = tw.hdr.ModTime.Round(time.Second)
		tw.hdr.AccessTime = time.Time{}
		tw.hdr.ChangeTime = time.Time{}
	}

	allowedFormats, paxHdrs, err := tw.hdr.allowedFormats()
	switch {
	case allowedFormats.has(FormatUSTAR):
		tw.err = tw.writeUSTARHeader(&tw.hdr)
		return tw.err

		// but at least most seem to be able to understand the other formats.
		//
		// This format happens to be identical for both local and central header
		// if modification time is the only timestamp being encoded.
		var mbuf [9]byte // 2*SizeOf(uint16) + SizeOf(uint8) + SizeOf(uint32)
		mt := uint32(fh.Modified.Unix())
		eb := writeBuf(mbuf[:])
		eb.uint16(extTimeExtraID)