problem with AXE033 LCD display and arduino

Basically I bought the AXE 033 serial/i2c lcd display and i think its designed for the Picaxe micrcontroller but im wondering if it can be programmed with the arduino. Im having alot of trouble here, i have the arduino Uno, and the LCD screen which is soldered already. all it displays is "Serial / i2c LCD and underneith 01/01/00 00:00"

https://www.solarbotics.com/cad/products/28627/

----This is the actual screen itself....
I dont know where to go from here.... any help would be greatly appreciated.