You can instruct Rebex SFTP to restore date/time using Sftp.Settings.RestoreDateTime
property.
Sample code:
using (var sftp = new Sftp())
{
sftp.Connect("test.rebex.net");
sftp.Login("demo", "password");
// restore last write time in subsequent operations
sftp.Settings.RestoreDateTime = ItemDateTimes.LastWriteTime;
// download the file
sftp.GetFile("readme.txt", "readme.txt");
}