import os
import time
import zipfile

z = zipfile.ZipFile('file.zip',
                    'w',
                    compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED,
                    allowZip64=True)

for i in range(1, (1<<16) + 1):
    info = zipfile.ZipInfo()
    info.filename = 'filename' + str(i) + '.txt'
    info.date_time = time.localtime(time.time())
    z.writestr(info, 'filedata\n')

z.close()

#os.system('zip -T file.zip')