Bug 177691 Support Date/Time type in BIRT.
We plan to support Date/Time type in BIRT. Please refer to attached document/patch file for necessary info.
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/api/util/ParameterValidationUtil.java
{
					StringFormatter formatter = new StringFormatter( locale );
					formatter.applyPattern( format );
					try
					{
						return formatter.parser( value );
					}
					catch ( ParseException e )
					{
						throw new ValidationValueException(
								value,
								PropertyValueException.DESIGN_EXCEPTION_INVALID_VALUE,
								DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_TYPE_STRING );
					}
				}
			}
			else
			{
				assert false;
				return null;
			}
		}
		catch ( ValidationValueException e )
		{
			return validate( dataType, value, locale );
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Validates a input parameter value with the given data type, format choice
	 * string and a default locale defined by the class(Locale.US). The returned