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
allowBlank.setText( CHECKBOX_ALLOW_BLANK );
		addCheckBoxListener( allowBlank, CHECKBOX_ALLOW_BLANK );
		doNotEcho = new Button( checkBoxArea, SWT.CHECK );
		doNotEcho.setText( CHECKBOX_DO_NOT_ECHO );
		addCheckBoxListener( doNotEcho, CHECKBOX_DO_NOT_ECHO );
		isHidden = new Button( checkBoxArea, SWT.CHECK );
		isHidden.setText( CHECKBOX_HIDDEN );
		addCheckBoxListener( isHidden, CHECKBOX_HIDDEN );
		needSort = new Button( checkBoxArea, SWT.CHECK );
		needSort.setText( CHECKBOX_SORT );
		addCheckBoxListener( needSort, CHECKBOX_SORT );
	}
	/**
	 * Set the input of the dialog, which cannot be null
	 * 
	 * @param input
	 *            the input of the dialog, which cannot be null
	 */
	public void setInput( Object input )
	{
		Assert.isNotNull( input );
		Assert.isLegal( input instanceof ScalarParameterHandle );
		inputParameter = (ScalarParameterHandle) input;
	}
	protected boolean initDialog( )
	{
		Assert.isNotNull( inputParameter );
		nameEditor.setText( inputParameter.getName( ) );
		if ( !StringUtil.isBlank( inputParameter.getPromptText( ) ) )
		{