diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
index 4f20209927e7b3d..ed73d8f0946b577 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
@@ -4020,6 +4020,37 @@ def test_write_without_source_date_epoch(self):
                 zip_info = zf.getinfo("test_no_source_date_epoch.txt")
                 self.assertTimestampAlmostEqual(time.localtime(), zip_info.date_time, tolerance=2)
 
+    def test_writestr_strict_timestamps_false_with_pre1980_source_date_epoch(self):
+        # gh-152445: writestr() with strict_timestamps=False should clamp
+        # SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH before 1980 to 1980-01-01, not raise.
+        with os_helper.EnvironmentVarGuard() as env:
+            env['SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'] = '0'  # 1970-01-01
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'w', strict_timestamps=False) as zf:
+                zf.writestr('test.txt', 'Hello World')
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'r') as zf:
+                info = zf.getinfo('test.txt')
+                self.assertEqual(info.date_time[:3], (1980, 1, 1))
+
+    def test_writestr_strict_timestamps_false_with_post2107_source_date_epoch(self):
+        # gh-152445: writestr() with strict_timestamps=False should clamp
+        # SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH after 2107 to 2107-12-31, not raise.
+        with os_helper.EnvironmentVarGuard() as env:
+            env['SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'] = '4354819200'  # 2108-01-01
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'w', strict_timestamps=False) as zf:
+                zf.writestr('test.txt', 'Hello World')
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'r') as zf:
+                info = zf.getinfo('test.txt')
+                self.assertEqual(info.date_time[:3], (2107, 12, 31))
+
+    def test_writestr_strict_timestamps_true_raises_for_pre1980_source_date_epoch(self):
+        # gh-152445: writestr() with strict_timestamps=True (default) should
+        # still raise when SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is before 1980.
+        with os_helper.EnvironmentVarGuard() as env:
+            env['SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'] = '0'  # 1970-01-01
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, 'w') as zf:
+                with self.assertRaises((struct.error, ValueError)):
+                    zf.writestr('test.txt', 'Hello World')
+
     def assertTimestampAlmostEqual(self, time1, time2, tolerance):
         import datetime
         dt1 = datetime.datetime(*time1[:6])
diff --git a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
index 418933a2e8d9e87..6b2cd84887ef444 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
@@ -683,6 +683,14 @@ def _for_archive(self, archive):
         else:
             self.date_time = time.localtime(time.time())[:6]
 
+        # gh-152445: Clamp date_time when strict_timestamps=False,
+        # mirroring the behaviour of ZipInfo.from_file().
+        if not archive._strict_timestamps:
+            if self.date_time[0] < 1980:
+                self.date_time = (1980, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
+            elif self.date_time[0] > 2107:
+                self.date_time = (2107, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59)
+
         self.compress_type = archive.compression
         self.compress_level = archive.compresslevel
         if self.filename.endswith('/'):  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-27-18-52-36.gh-issue-152445.jn6xhX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-27-18-52-36.gh-issue-152445.jn6xhX.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..8c6d3b36737ca4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-27-18-52-36.gh-issue-152445.jn6xhX.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix :func:`zipfile.ZipFile.writestr` ignoring ``strict_timestamps=False`` when ``SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`` is set to a date before 1980 or after 2107.