[Python] datetime.datetime rejects 29 February

I am using Python 3.11 on Windows 11 I get the following result:

d = 'Mon 29 Feb'
import datetime
datetime.datetime.strptime(d, '%a %d %b')


Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module>
datetime.datetime.strptime(d, '%a %d %b')
File "C:\Users\pskipwith\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\_strptime.py", line 579, in _strptime_datetime
return cls(*args)
ValueError: day is out of range for month


but if I add the year, say 2016, it goes through without error:

d = 'Mon 29 Feb 2016'
datetime.datetime.strptime(d, '%a %d %b %Y')
datetime.datetime(2016, 2, 29, 0, 0)


Can this be correct behaviour?

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