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
{
				switch ( defaultValueChooser.getSelectionIndex( ) )
				{
					case 0 :
						defaultValue = null;
						break;
					case 1 :
						defaultValue = Boolean.toString( true );
						break;
					case 2 :
						defaultValue = Boolean.toString( false );
						break;
				}
			}
		} );
	}
	private void switchToList( )
	{
		createLabel( valueArea, LABEL_VALUES );
		Composite tableAreaComposite = new Composite( valueArea, SWT.NONE );
		tableAreaComposite.setLayout( UIUtil.createGridLayoutWithoutMargin( ) );
		tableAreaComposite.setLayoutData( new GridData( GridData.FILL_BOTH ) );
		TableArea tableArea = new TableArea( tableAreaComposite, SWT.SINGLE
				| SWT.FULL_SELECTION
				| SWT.BORDER, tableAreaModifier );
		tableArea.setLayoutData( new GridData( GridData.FILL_BOTH ) );
		Table table = tableArea.getTable( );
		table.setLinesVisible( true );
		table.setHeaderVisible( true );
		String[] columns;