diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
index ada96813709aea..f464b638b179e0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ def test_write_with_source_date_epoch(self):
 
             with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, "r") as zf:
                 zip_info = zf.getinfo("test_source_date_epoch.txt")
-                get_time = time.localtime(int(os.environ['SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH']))[:6]
+                get_time = time.gmtime(int(os.environ['SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH']))[:6]
                 # Compare each element of the date_time tuple
                 # Allow for a 1-second difference
                 for z_time, g_time in zip(zip_info.date_time, get_time):
diff --git a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
index 18caeb3e04a2b5..0162957d6feb86 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
@@ -650,9 +650,12 @@ def _for_archive(self, archive):
         Return self.
         """
         # gh-91279: Set the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to a specific timestamp
-        epoch = os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH')
-        get_time = int(epoch) if epoch else time.time()
-        self.date_time = time.localtime(get_time)[:6]
+        source_date_epoch = os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH')
+
+        if source_date_epoch:
+            self.date_time = time.gmtime(int(source_date_epoch))[:6]
+        else:
+            self.date_time = time.localtime(time.time())[:6]
 
         self.compress_type = archive.compression
         self.compress_level = archive.compresslevel
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-19-21-08-25.gh-issue-134261.ravGYm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-19-21-08-25.gh-issue-134261.ravGYm.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3791f9241355c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-19-21-08-25.gh-issue-134261.ravGYm.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+zip: On reproducible builds, ZipFile longer pulls in local environment timezone when writing file datetimes