diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/putil.c b/icu4c/source/common/putil.c
index 98dc749984..171b03a55b 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/putil.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/putil.c
@@ -1645,7 +1645,6 @@ u_UCharsToChars(const UChar *us, char *cs, UTextOffset length) {
     }
 }
 
-/* this function will become public */
 U_CFUNC void
 u_versionFromString(UVersionInfo versionArray, const char *versionString) {
     char *end;
@@ -1670,11 +1669,58 @@ u_versionFromString(UVersionInfo versionArray, const char *versionString) {
     }
 }
 
-/* also, need
 U_CAPI void U_EXPORT2
 u_versionToString(UVersionInfo versionArray, char *versionString) {
+    uint16_t count, part;
+    uint8_t field;
+
+    if(versionString==NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if(versionArray==NULL) {
+        versionString[0]=0;
+    }
+
+    /* count how many fields need to be written */
+    for(count=4; count>0 && versionArray[count-1]==0; --count) {}
+
+    if(count>0) {
+        /* write the first part */
+        /* write the decimal field value */
+        field=versionArray[0];
+        if(field>=100) {
+            *versionString++='0'+field/100;
+            field%=100;
+        }
+        if(field>=10) {
+            *versionString++='0'+field/10;
+            field%=10;
+        }
+        *versionString++='0'+field;
+
+        /* write the following parts */
+        for(part=1; part<count; ++part) {
+            /* write a dot first */
+            *versionString++=U_VERSION_DELIMITER;
+
+            /* write the decimal field value */
+            field=versionArray[part];
+            if(field>=100) {
+                *versionString++='0'+field/100;
+                field%=100;
+            }
+            if(field>=10) {
+                *versionString++='0'+field/10;
+                field%=10;
+            }
+            *versionString++='0'+field;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* NUL-terminate */
+    *versionString=0;
 }
-*/
 
 U_CAPI void U_EXPORT2
 u_getVersion(UVersionInfo versionArray) {
diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/uchar.c b/icu4c/source/common/uchar.c
index 22038be085..4209a76848 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/uchar.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/uchar.c
@@ -878,10 +878,6 @@ u_charCellWidth(UChar32 ch)
     }
 }
 
-/* ### this function will become public */
-U_CFUNC void
-u_versionFromString(UVersionInfo versionArray, const char *versionString);
-
 void u_getUnicodeVersion(UVersionInfo versionArray) {
     if(versionArray!=NULL) {
         uprv_memcpy(versionArray, dataVersion, U_MAX_VERSION_LENGTH);
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cucdtst.c b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cucdtst.c
index 62cea08de0..67a6c5b065 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cucdtst.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cucdtst.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ void TestMisc()
                                          FULL_WIDTH, 
                                          NEUTRAL};
     int i;
-    char icuVersion[U_MAX_VERSION_STRING_LENGTH], temp[U_MAX_VERSION_LENGTH];
+    char icuVersion[U_MAX_VERSION_STRING_LENGTH];
     UVersionInfo realVersion;
 
     memset(icuVersion, 0, U_MAX_VERSION_STRING_LENGTH);
@@ -274,18 +274,7 @@ void TestMisc()
     }
     /* Tests the ICU version #*/
     u_getVersion(realVersion);
-    for (i = 0; i < U_MAX_VERSION_LENGTH; i++ )
-    {
-        int len = 0;
-        T_CString_integerToString(temp, realVersion[i], 10);
-        strcat(icuVersion, temp);
-        len = strlen(icuVersion);
-        if (i != U_MAX_VERSION_LENGTH-1) 
-        {
-            icuVersion[len] = U_VERSION_DELIMITER;
-            icuVersion[len + 1] = 0;
-        }
-    }
+    u_versionToString(realVersion, icuVersion);
     if (strncmp(icuVersion, U_ICU_VERSION, MIN(strlen(icuVersion), strlen(U_ICU_VERSION))) != 0)
     {
         log_err("ICU version test failed. Header says=%s, got=%s \n", U_ICU_VERSION, icuVersion);
@@ -387,7 +376,7 @@ void TestUnicodeData()
     const char *expectVersion = U_UNICODE_VERSION;  /* NOTE: this purposely breaks to force the tests to stay in sync with the unicodedata */
     /* expectVersionArray must be filled from u_versionFromString(expectVersionArray, U_UNICODE_VERSION)
        once this function is public. */
-    UVersionInfo expectVersionArray = {0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
+    UVersionInfo expectVersionArray;
     UVersionInfo versionArray;
     char expectString[256];
 
@@ -396,6 +385,7 @@ void TestUnicodeData()
     strcat(newPath, expectVersion);
     strcat(newPath, ".txt");
 
+    u_versionFromString(expectVersionArray, expectVersion);
     strcpy(expectString, "Unicode Version ");
     strcat(expectString, expectVersion);
     u_getUnicodeVersion(versionArray);