diff --git a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
index 19aea290b58..51603ba9510 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ def _decodeExtra(self, filename_crc):
             extra = extra[ln+4:]
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_file(cls, filename, arcname=None, *, strict_timestamps=True):
+    def from_file(cls, filename, arcname=None, *, strict_timestamps=False):
         """Construct an appropriate ZipInfo for a file on the filesystem.
 
         filename should be the path to a file or directory on the filesystem.
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ class ZipFile:
     _windows_illegal_name_trans_table = None
 
     def __init__(self, file, mode="r", compression=ZIP_STORED, allowZip64=True,
-                 compresslevel=None, *, strict_timestamps=True, metadata_encoding=None):
+                 compresslevel=None, *, strict_timestamps=False, metadata_encoding=None):
         """Open the ZIP file with mode read 'r', write 'w', exclusive create 'x',
         or append 'a'."""
         if mode not in ('r', 'w', 'x', 'a'):