diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 5653c52c9e3..1b500870dec 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ Albert Hofkamp
 Chris Hogan
 Tomas Hoger
 Jonathan Hogg
+John Keith Hohm
 Vladyslav Hoi
 Kamilla Holanda
 Steve Holden
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-19-18-12-42.gh-issue-88994.7avvVu.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-19-18-12-42.gh-issue-88994.7avvVu.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..554a0c3bcb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-19-18-12-42.gh-issue-88994.7avvVu.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Change :func:`datetime.datetime.now` to half-even rounding for
+consistency with :func:`datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp`.  Patch by
+John Keith Hohm.
diff --git a/Modules/_datetimemodule.c b/Modules/_datetimemodule.c
index 313a72e3fe0..eb90be81c8d 100644
--- a/Modules/_datetimemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_datetimemodule.c
@@ -5551,8 +5551,9 @@ datetime_best_possible(PyObject *cls, TM_FUNC f, PyObject *tzinfo)
     time_t secs;
     int us;
 
-    if (_PyTime_AsTimevalTime_t(ts, &secs, &us, _PyTime_ROUND_FLOOR) < 0)
+    if (_PyTime_AsTimevalTime_t(ts, &secs, &us, _PyTime_ROUND_HALF_EVEN) < 0) {
         return NULL;
+    }
     assert(0 <= us && us <= 999999);
 
     return datetime_from_timet_and_us(cls, f, secs, us, tzinfo);