diff --git a/news/9910.bugfix.rst b/news/9910.bugfix.rst
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--- a/news/9910.bugfix.rst
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-Fix for ValueError('ZIP does not support timestamps before 1980') on GitHub package install.
+Allow ZIP to archive files with timestamps earlier than 1980.