latex todonotes-package throws error in combination with ieeeojies.cls document class

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When I am trying to use the todonotes-package within the IEEE OJIES template, by just adding \usepackage{todonotes}, latex throws a “Missing number, treated as zero.” error. It seems to me that something is in conflict with things in the ieeeojies.cls class-file. If I use the IEEEtran.cls as a document class, no error is thrown.

Here is the link to the template in overleaf: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/ieee-open-journal-of-the-industrial-electronics-society-template/nhkhktxkdsgf

I am used to work with the todonotes-package, so can please somebody with more latex experience help me out here?

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The problem is the naughty redefinition of \year in the class.

You can avoid the error by loading pgf before the class so it still gets to see the correct definition of year instead of the strange things the class does to it

\RequirePackage{pgf}
\documentclass{ieeeojies}
\usepackage{todonotes}

\begin{document}

\EOD

\end{document}
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