Bug #1556784: allow format strings longer than 127 characters in
datetime's strftime function.
 (backport from rev. 52072)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e8a3b08..55ef60f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 Extension Modules
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+- Bug #1556784: allow format strings longer than 127 characters in
+  datetime's strftime function.
+
 - Fix itertools.count(n) to work with negative numbers again.