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Author: donbarbos

Lib/_strptime.py

@@ -371,8 +371,7 @@ def __init__(self, locale_time=None):
             # W is set below by using 'U'
             'y': r"(?P<y>\d\d)",
             'Y': r"(?P<Y>\d\d\d\d)",
-            # See gh-121237: "z" might not support colons, if designed from scratch.
-            # However, for backwards compatibility, we must keep them.
+            # See gh-121237: "z" must support colons for backwards compatibility.
             'z': r"(?P<z>([+-]\d\d:?[0-5]\d(:?[0-5]\d(\.\d{1,6})?)?)|(?-i:Z))?",
             ':z': r"(?P<colon_z>([+-]\d\d:[0-5]\d(:[0-5]\d(\.\d{1,6})?)?)|(?-i:Z))?",
             'A': self.__seqToRE(self.locale_time.f_weekday, 'A'),

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-07-21-20-00-42.gh-issue-121237.DyxNqo.rst

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 Support ``%:z`` directive for :meth:`~datetime.datetime.strptime` and
-:meth:`~datetime.time.strptime`. Patch by Semyon Moroz.
+:meth:`~datetime.time.strptime`. Patch by Lucas Esposito and Semyon Moroz.