diff --git a/docs/rp2/quickref.rst b/docs/rp2/quickref.rst
index 6bbe1795415f0..4c8c02dc0cc5b 100644
--- a/docs/rp2/quickref.rst
+++ b/docs/rp2/quickref.rst
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ See :ref:`machine.RTC <machine.RTC>` ::
     from machine import RTC
 
     rtc = RTC()
-    rtc.datetime((2017, 8, 23, 1, 12, 48, 0, 0)) # set a specific date and time
+    rtc.datetime((2017, 8, 23, 2, 12, 48, 0, 0)) # set a specific date and time
     rtc.datetime() # get date and time
 
 WDT (Watchdog timer)
diff --git a/lib/timeutils/timeutils.c b/lib/timeutils/timeutils.c
index af210d9943bee..7c74f5fc37715 100644
--- a/lib/timeutils/timeutils.c
+++ b/lib/timeutils/timeutils.c
@@ -213,3 +213,10 @@ mp_uint_t timeutils_mktime_2000(mp_uint_t year, mp_int_t month, mp_int_t mday,
     }
     return timeutils_seconds_since_2000(year, month, mday, hours, minutes, seconds);
 }
+
+// Calculate the weekday from the date.
+// The result is zero based with 0 = Monday.
+// by Michael Keith and Tom Craver, 1990.
+int timeutils_calc_weekday(int y, int m, int d) {
+    return ((d += m < 3 ? y-- : y - 2, 23 * m / 9 + d + 4 + y / 4 - y / 100 + y / 400) + 6) % 7;
+}
diff --git a/lib/timeutils/timeutils.h b/lib/timeutils/timeutils.h
index 2d40f773cc53e..66e2a77f139ed 100644
--- a/lib/timeutils/timeutils.h
+++ b/lib/timeutils/timeutils.h
@@ -100,4 +100,6 @@ static inline int64_t timeutils_nanoseconds_since_epoch_to_nanoseconds_since_197
 
 #endif
 
+int timeutils_calc_weekday(int y, int m, int d);
+
 #endif // MICROPY_INCLUDED_LIB_TIMEUTILS_TIMEUTILS_H
diff --git a/ports/mimxrt/machine_rtc.c b/ports/mimxrt/machine_rtc.c
index 76f414925eb5d..d00d139f79078 100644
--- a/ports/mimxrt/machine_rtc.c
+++ b/ports/mimxrt/machine_rtc.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "py/runtime.h"
+#include "lib/timeutils/timeutils.h"
 #include "modmachine.h"
 #include "ticks.h"
 #include "fsl_snvs_lp.h"
@@ -39,13 +40,6 @@ typedef struct _machine_rtc_obj_t {
 STATIC const machine_rtc_obj_t machine_rtc_obj = {{&machine_rtc_type}};
 uint32_t us_offset = 0;
 
-// Calculate the weekday from the date.
-// The result is zero based with 0 = Monday.
-// by Michael Keith and Tom Craver, 1990.
-int calc_weekday(int y, int m, int d) {
-    return ((d += m < 3 ? y-- : y - 2, 23 * m / 9 + d + 4 + y / 4 - y / 100 + y / 400) + 6) % 7;
-}
-
 STATIC mp_obj_t machine_rtc_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args, size_t n_kw, const mp_obj_t *args) {
     // Check arguments.
     mp_arg_check_num(n_args, n_kw, 0, 0, false);
@@ -67,7 +61,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t machine_rtc_datetime_helper(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args)
             mp_obj_new_int(srtc_date.year),
             mp_obj_new_int(srtc_date.month),
             mp_obj_new_int(srtc_date.day),
-            mp_obj_new_int(calc_weekday(srtc_date.year, srtc_date.month, srtc_date.day)),
+            mp_obj_new_int(timeutils_calc_weekday(srtc_date.year, srtc_date.month, srtc_date.day)),
             mp_obj_new_int(srtc_date.hour),
             mp_obj_new_int(srtc_date.minute),
             mp_obj_new_int(srtc_date.second),
diff --git a/ports/mimxrt/modutime.c b/ports/mimxrt/modutime.c
index a47bc073f2753..2a88a4224bcd4 100644
--- a/ports/mimxrt/modutime.c
+++ b/ports/mimxrt/modutime.c
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 #include "extmod/utime_mphal.h"
 #include "fsl_snvs_lp.h"
 
-extern int calc_weekday(int y, int m, int d);
-
 // localtime([secs])
 // Convert a time expressed in seconds since the Epoch into an 8-tuple which
 // contains: (year, month, mday, hour, minute, second, weekday, yearday)
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t time_localtime(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
             mp_obj_new_int(t.hour),
             mp_obj_new_int(t.minute),
             mp_obj_new_int(t.second),
-            mp_obj_new_int(calc_weekday(t.year, t.month, t.day)),
+            mp_obj_new_int(timeutils_calc_weekday(t.year, t.month, t.day)),
             mp_obj_new_int(timeutils_year_day(t.year, t.month, t.day)),
         };
         return mp_obj_new_tuple(8, tuple);
diff --git a/ports/rp2/machine_rtc.c b/ports/rp2/machine_rtc.c
index 797bee5ed3f15..4ef2158f515b5 100644
--- a/ports/rp2/machine_rtc.c
+++ b/ports/rp2/machine_rtc.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t machine_rtc_datetime(mp_uint_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
             .year = mp_obj_get_int(items[0]),
             .month = mp_obj_get_int(items[1]),
             .day = mp_obj_get_int(items[2]),
-            .dotw = mp_obj_get_int(items[3]),
+            .dotw = timeutils_calc_weekday(t.year, t.month, t.day),
             .hour = mp_obj_get_int(items[4]),
             .min = mp_obj_get_int(items[5]),
             .sec = mp_obj_get_int(items[6]),
diff --git a/ports/rp2/main.c b/ports/rp2/main.c
index 7709a478bc80a..8c5772171aac9 100644
--- a/ports/rp2/main.c
+++ b/ports/rp2/main.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         .year = 2021,
         .month = 1,
         .day = 1,
-        .dotw = 5, // 0 is Sunday, so 5 is Friday
+        .dotw = 4, // 0 is Monday, so 4 is Friday
         .hour = 0,
         .min = 0,
         .sec = 0,