diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8c7226bbe..4b7b3bfbf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-11-03  Mirko Viviani  <mirko.viviani@rccr.cremona.it>
+
+	* Source/NSCalendarDate.m ([NSCalendarDate -initWithString:
+	calendarFormat:locale:]): assign calendar format.
+
 2000-11-03 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/NSString.m: Update for placeholder class.
diff --git a/Source/NSCalendarDate.m b/Source/NSCalendarDate.m
index 0632a7495..1acec181a 100644
--- a/Source/NSCalendarDate.m
+++ b/Source/NSCalendarDate.m
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ static inline int getDigits(const char *from, char *to, int limit)
 	  if (fmt == nil)
 	    fmt = @"";
 	}
+      ASSIGN(_calendar_format, fmt);
+
       format = [fmt cString];
       formatLen = strlen(format);