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.ui/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/designer/ui/dialogs/ParameterDialog.java
if ( dirtyProperties.containsKey( CHECKBOX_SORT ) )
				{
					inputParameter.setFixedOrder( !getProperty( CHECKBOX_SORT ) );
				}
			}
			else
			{
				inputParameter.setProperty( ScalarParameterHandle.FIXED_ORDER_PROP,
						null );
			}
			
			if ( !isStatic( ) && !StringUtil.isBlank( listLimit.getText( ) ) )
			{
				try
				{
					inputParameter.setListlimit( Integer.parseInt( listLimit.getText( ) ) );
				}
				catch ( NumberFormatException ex )
				{
					ExceptionHandler.openErrorMessageBox( ERROR_TITLE_INVALID_LIST_LIMIT,
							MessageFormat.format( ERROR_MSG_INVALID_LIST_LIMIT,
									new Object[]{
										Integer.toString( Integer.MAX_VALUE )
									} ) );
				}
			}
			else
			{
				inputParameter.setProperty( ScalarParameterHandle.LIST_LIMIT_PROP,
						null );