Bug 128495 Provides BIRT Adapter of DTP Oda Design objects to/from ROM ODA Data Handles
core/org.eclipse.birt.core/src/org/eclipse/birt/core/data/DataTypeUtil.java
{
		if ( source == null )
			return null;
		
		DateFormat dateFormat = null;
		Date resultDate = null;
		for ( int i = DEFAULT_DATE_STYLE; i <= DateFormat.SHORT; i++ )
		{
			for ( int j = DEFAULT_DATE_STYLE; j <= DateFormat.SHORT; j++ )
			{
				dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance( i, j, locale );
				try
				{
					resultDate = dateFormat.parse( source );
					return resultDate;
				}
				catch ( ParseException e1 )
				{
				}
			}
			
			 
			dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance( i, locale );
			try
			{
				resultDate = dateFormat.parse( source );
				return resultDate;
			}
			catch ( ParseException e1 )
			{