diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/calctrl.tex b/docs/latex/wx/calctrl.tex
index 068282a468..d13b88f1d5 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/calctrl.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/calctrl.tex
@@ -451,3 +451,15 @@ Returns the week day on which the user clicked in
 {\tt EVT\_CALENDAR\_WEEKDAY\_CLICKED} handler. It doesn't make sense to call
 this function in other handlers.
 
+\membersection{wxCalendarEvent::SetDate}{wxcalendareventsetdate}
+
+\func{void}{SetDate}{\param{const wxDateTime\&}{ date}}
+
+Sets the date.
+
+\membersection{wxCalendarEvent::SetWeekDay}{wxcalendareventsetweekday}
+
+\func{void}{SetWeekDay}{\param{wxDateTime::WeekDay}{ day}}
+
+Sets the week day.
+
diff --git a/include/wx/calctrl.h b/include/wx/calctrl.h
index 285b737065..cb12b7ef04 100644
--- a/include/wx/calctrl.h
+++ b/include/wx/calctrl.h
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ public:
     wxCalendarEvent(wxCalendarCtrl *cal, wxEventType type);
 
     const wxDateTime& GetDate() const { return m_date; }
+    void SetDate(const wxDateTime &date) { m_date = date; }
+    void SetWeekDay(const wxDateTime::WeekDay wd) { m_wday = wd; }
     wxDateTime::WeekDay GetWeekDay() const { return m_wday; }
 
 protected: