Index: Lib/test/test_strptime.py
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--- Lib/test/test_strptime.py	(revision 61683)
+++ Lib/test/test_strptime.py	(working copy)
@@ -369,8 +369,9 @@
                         "strptime does not handle capword names properly")
 
     def test_defaults(self):
-        # Default return value should be (1900, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0)
-        defaults = (1900, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1)
+        newyearsday = datetime_date(datetime_date.today().year, 1, 1)
+        # Default return value should be (newyearsday.year, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, newyearsday.weekday(), 1, 0)
+        defaults = (newyearsday.year, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, newyearsday.weekday(), 1, -1)
         strp_output = _strptime._strptime_time('1', '%m')
         self.failUnless(strp_output == defaults,
                         "Default values for strptime() are incorrect;"