Odd return value from Oracle forms 6i calendar widget

This is odd and I fear I may be missing something basic. I am using the Oracle forms supplied pop up calendar widget. When I click on the calendar to select a date it returns a strange value. The year component of the date returned is in the format of '0000'. For example, If I selected today's date in the calendar it would return '0008' as the year, not '2008'. I've checked every formatting source I can find including the calendar pll but I can't seem to track this down. Anyone have a thought on this?