Bug 153842 BIRT Designer not storing date/time parameter value in locale-neutral format
In BIRT Designer, create a new report parameter of "Date/Time" type. In the default value dialog enter a date/time string valid for the user locale. In my case, I am on US English locale and I entered a date string "1/23/2006 4:56pm". View the report design XML file and you find: <scalar-parameter name="dateParam" id="6"> <property name="defaultValue">1/23/2006 4:56 pm</property> ... The default value string is stored in the format that's only valid for the current locale. EXPECTED BEHAVIOR: Date/time value should be stored in one of the following locale-neutral formats. Complete date: YYYY-MM-DD (eg 1997-07-16) Complete date plus hours and minutes: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm (eg 1997-07-16T19:20) Complete date plus hours, minutes and seconds: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss (eg 1997-07-16T19:20:30) Complete date plus hours, minutes, seconds and a decimal fraction of a second YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.s (eg 1997-07-16T19:20:30.45)
UI/org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.core/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/designer/util/DEUtil.java
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	public static String getRelativedPath( String basePath, String path )
	{
		File baseFile = new File( basePath );
		if ( baseFile.isFile( ) )
		{
			baseFile = baseFile.getParentFile( );
		}
		return URIUtil.getRelativePath( baseFile.getAbsolutePath( ), path );
	}
	/**
	 * Returns the handle of the action of the given element.
	 * 
	 * @param element
	 *            the element handle
	 * @return the handle of the action, or null if the element is not a proper
	 *         type
	 */
	public static ActionHandle getActionHandle( ReportItemHandle element )
	{
		ActionHandle actionHandle = null;
		if ( element instanceof LabelHandle )
		{
			actionHandle = ( (LabelHandle) element ).getActionHandle( );
		}
		else if ( element instanceof DataItemHandle )
		{
			actionHandle = ( (DataItemHandle) element ).getActionHandle( );
		}