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
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	private String validateName( )
	{
		String name = nameEditor.getText( ).trim( );
		if ( name.length( ) == 0 )
		{
			return ERROR_MSG_NAME_IS_EMPTY;
		}
		if ( !name.equals( inputParameter.getName( ) )
				&& inputParameter.getModuleHandle( ).findParameter( name ) != null )
		{
			return ERROR_MSG_DUPLICATED_NAME;
		}
		return null;
	}
	private void refreshValueTable( )
	{
		if ( valueTable != null && !valueTable.getTable( ).isDisposed( ) )
		{
			valueTable.refresh( );
			updateTableButtons( );
		}
	}
	private boolean getProperty( String key )
	{
		return ( (Boolean) dirtyProperties.get( key ) ).booleanValue( );
	}
	private String format( String string )
	{
		if ( canBeNull( ) && string == null )