diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ed0a709c0..1df164867 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2006-10-04  Wolfgang Sourdeau  <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
 
+	* UI/Scheduler/NSCalendarDate+Scheduler.m ([NSCalendarDate
+	-shortDateString]): new method that will return a "short date
+	string" (yyyymmdd) from a calendar date object.
+
 	* UI/SOGoUI/UIxComponent.m ([UIxComponent
 	-_cDateFromShortDateString:dateStringandShortTimeString:timeString]): new method to compute the selected date from the "day" and "hm" query parameters (if found). This method replaces the old algorithm that was found in the "selectedDate" method.
 
diff --git a/UI/Scheduler/NSCalendarDate+Scheduler.h b/UI/Scheduler/NSCalendarDate+Scheduler.h
index 48029e38c..18bcd310c 100644
--- a/UI/Scheduler/NSCalendarDate+Scheduler.h
+++ b/UI/Scheduler/NSCalendarDate+Scheduler.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 - (NSCalendarDate *) dayOfWeeK: (unsigned) _day
               offsetFromSunday: (unsigned) _off;
 - (NSCalendarDate *) sundayOfWeek;
+- (NSString *) shortDateString;
 
 @end
 
diff --git a/UI/Scheduler/NSCalendarDate+Scheduler.m b/UI/Scheduler/NSCalendarDate+Scheduler.m
index 87c0169ab..e736217da 100644
--- a/UI/Scheduler/NSCalendarDate+Scheduler.m
+++ b/UI/Scheduler/NSCalendarDate+Scheduler.m
@@ -54,4 +54,16 @@
   return [self dayOfWeeK:6 offsetFromSunday:1];
 }
 
+- (NSString *) shortDateString
+{
+  NSString *str;
+
+  str = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%.4d%.2d%.2d",
+                  [self yearOfCommonEra],
+                  [self monthOfYear],
+                  [self dayOfMonth]];
+
+  return str;
+}
+
 @end