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 - Issue #23136: _strptime now uniformly handles all days in week 0, including
-  Jan 30 of previous year.  Based on patch by Jim Carroll.
+  Dec 30 of previous year.  Based on patch by Jim Carroll.
 
 - Issue #23138: Fixed parsing cookies with absent keys or values in cookiejar.
   Patch by Demian Brecht.