diff -r 46f8188f8646 Lib/test/datetimetester.py
--- a/Lib/test/datetimetester.py	Fri Jan 27 13:05:09 2017 +0000
+++ b/Lib/test/datetimetester.py	Fri Jan 27 17:12:49 2017 +0100
@@ -1989,6 +1989,42 @@ class TestDateTime(TestDate):
             self.assertEqual(t.second, 0)
             self.assertEqual(t.microsecond, 7812)
 
+    def test_timestamp_limits(self):
+        # minimum timestamp
+        min_dt = self.theclass.min.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        min_ts = min_dt.timestamp()
+        # date 0001-01-01 00:00:00+00:00: timestamp=-62135596800
+        self.assertEqual(self.theclass.fromtimestamp(min_ts, tz=timezone.utc),
+                         min_dt)
+
+        # maximum timestamp: set seconds to zero to avoid rounding issues
+        max_dt = self.theclass.max.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc,
+                                           second=0, microsecond=0)
+        max_ts = max_dt.timestamp()
+        # date 9999-12-31 23:59:00+00:00: timestamp 253402300740
+        self.assertEqual(self.theclass.fromtimestamp(max_ts, tz=timezone.utc),
+                         max_dt)
+
+        # number of seconds greater than 1 year: make sure that the new date
+        # is not valid in datetime.datetime limits
+        delta = 3600 * 24 * 400
+
+        # too small
+        ts = min_ts - delta
+        # converting a Python int to C time_t can raise a OverflowError,
+        # especially on 32-bit platforms.
+        with self.assertRaises((ValueError, OverflowError)):
+            self.theclass.fromtimestamp(ts)
+        with self.assertRaises((ValueError, OverflowError)):
+            self.theclass.utcfromtimestamp(ts)
+
+        # too big
+        ts = max_dt.timestamp() + delta
+        with self.assertRaises((ValueError, OverflowError)):
+            self.theclass.fromtimestamp(ts)
+        with self.assertRaises((ValueError, OverflowError)):
+            self.theclass.utcfromtimestamp(ts)
+
     def test_insane_fromtimestamp(self):
         # It's possible that some platform maps time_t to double,
         # and that this test will fail there.  This test should
diff -r 46f8188f8646 Modules/_datetimemodule.c
--- a/Modules/_datetimemodule.c	Fri Jan 27 13:05:09 2017 +0000
+++ b/Modules/_datetimemodule.c	Fri Jan 27 17:12:49 2017 +0100
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ static PyTypeObject PyDateTime_TimeType;
 static PyTypeObject PyDateTime_TZInfoType;
 static PyTypeObject PyDateTime_TimeZoneType;
 
+static int check_tzinfo_subclass(PyObject *p);
+
 _Py_IDENTIFIER(as_integer_ratio);
 _Py_IDENTIFIER(fromutc);
 _Py_IDENTIFIER(isoformat);
@@ -400,8 +402,7 @@ check_date_args(int year, int month, int
 {
 
     if (year < MINYEAR || year > MAXYEAR) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-                        "year is out of range");
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "year %i is out of range", year);
         return -1;
     }
     if (month < 1 || month > 12) {
@@ -672,6 +673,10 @@ new_date_ex(int year, int month, int day
 {
     PyDateTime_Date *self;
 
+    if (check_date_args(year, month, day) < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     self = (PyDateTime_Date *) (type->tp_alloc(type, 0));
     if (self != NULL)
         set_date_fields(self, year, month, day);
@@ -689,6 +694,16 @@ new_datetime_ex2(int year, int month, in
     PyDateTime_DateTime *self;
     char aware = tzinfo != Py_None;
 
+    if (check_date_args(year, month, day) < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (check_time_args(hour, minute, second, usecond, fold) < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (check_tzinfo_subclass(tzinfo) < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     self = (PyDateTime_DateTime *) (type->tp_alloc(type, aware));
     if (self != NULL) {
         self->hastzinfo = aware;
@@ -726,6 +741,13 @@ new_time_ex2(int hour, int minute, int s
     PyDateTime_Time *self;
     char aware = tzinfo != Py_None;
 
+    if (check_time_args(hour, minute, second, usecond, fold) < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (check_tzinfo_subclass(tzinfo) < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     self = (PyDateTime_Time *) (type->tp_alloc(type, aware));
     if (self != NULL) {
         self->hastzinfo = aware;
@@ -2511,8 +2533,6 @@ date_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *a
 
     if (PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "iii", date_kws,
                                     &year, &month, &day)) {
-        if (check_date_args(year, month, day) < 0)
-            return NULL;
         self = new_date_ex(year, month, day, type);
     }
     return self;
@@ -3598,10 +3618,6 @@ time_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *a
     if (PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "|iiiiO$i", time_kws,
                                     &hour, &minute, &second, &usecond,
                                     &tzinfo, &fold)) {
-        if (check_time_args(hour, minute, second, usecond, fold) < 0)
-            return NULL;
-        if (check_tzinfo_subclass(tzinfo) < 0)
-            return NULL;
         self = new_time_ex2(hour, minute, second, usecond, tzinfo, fold,
                             type);
     }
@@ -4188,12 +4204,6 @@ datetime_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObjec
     if (PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "iii|iiiiO$i", datetime_kws,
                                     &year, &month, &day, &hour, &minute,
                                     &second, &usecond, &tzinfo, &fold)) {
-        if (check_date_args(year, month, day) < 0)
-            return NULL;
-        if (check_time_args(hour, minute, second, usecond, fold) < 0)
-            return NULL;
-        if (check_tzinfo_subclass(tzinfo) < 0)
-            return NULL;
         self = new_datetime_ex2(year, month, day,
                                 hour, minute, second, usecond,
                                 tzinfo, fold, type);
@@ -4215,7 +4225,15 @@ static long long
 utc_to_seconds(int year, int month, int day,
                int hour, int minute, int second)
 {
-    long long ordinal = ymd_to_ord(year, month, day);
+    long long ordinal;
+
+    /* ymd_to_ord() doesn't support year <= 0 */
+    if (year < MINYEAR || year > MAXYEAR) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "year %i is out of range", year);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    ordinal = ymd_to_ord(year, month, day);
     return ((ordinal * 24 + hour) * 60 + minute) * 60 + second;
 }
 
@@ -4231,7 +4249,6 @@ local(long long u)
         "timestamp out of range for platform time_t");
         return -1;
     }
-    /* XXX: add bounds checking */
     if (_PyTime_localtime(t, &local_time) != 0)
         return -1;
     return utc_to_seconds(local_time.tm_year + 1900,
@@ -4269,6 +4286,7 @@ datetime_from_timet_and_us(PyObject *cls
      */
     second = Py_MIN(59, tm.tm_sec);
 
+    /* local timezone requires to compute fold */
     if (tzinfo == Py_None && f == _PyTime_localtime) {
         long long probe_seconds, result_seconds, transition;
 
@@ -4528,12 +4546,13 @@ add_datetime_timedelta(PyDateTime_DateTi
 
     assert(factor == 1 || factor == -1);
     if (normalize_datetime(&year, &month, &day,
-                           &hour, &minute, &second, &microsecond) < 0)
+                           &hour, &minute, &second, &microsecond) < 0) {
         return NULL;
-    else
-        return new_datetime(year, month, day,
-                            hour, minute, second, microsecond,
-                            HASTZINFO(date) ? date->tzinfo : Py_None, 0);
+    }
+
+    return new_datetime(year, month, day,
+                        hour, minute, second, microsecond,
+                        HASTZINFO(date) ? date->tzinfo : Py_None, 0);
 }
 
 static PyObject *