find . -mtime -1 -depth -print | cpio -pdmuv ../common

The -o and -p option don't go together.


By using the -depth option the directories will have to same time stamp as the original directory. Basically in this way the directory is copied after the files below it. (Ofcourse the directory is created before, but permissions and access rights, time stamps are copied after).

When doing it the other way around, copying the file will result in the timestamps of the directory to be changed.