Grid with DateTextBox

Hello –

I am attempting to use the Dojox Grid and have a column be an editable date cell using the dojox.grid.cells.DateTextBox (with the little popup calendar) like this:

<TH field="col6" cellType="dojox.grid.cells.DateTextBox" formatter="dateFormatter" editable="true">Date</TH>

For the data, I’m using an ItemFileWriteStore and populating the date column with either a prefilled date or null if there isn’t a date.

All works fine, however if I pass a null, the calendar opens to 12/31/1969 instead of today’s date. Does anyone know how to make it open to today if the date is null instead of this strange date in the past?

Thanks!