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
int[] columnWidth;
		columns = new String[]{
				null, COLUMN_IS_DEFAULT, COLUMN_VALUE, COLUMN_DISPLAY_TEXT
		};
		columnWidth = new int[]{
				20, 70, 145, 145,
		};
		for ( int i = 0; i < columns.length; i++ )
		{
			TableColumn column = new TableColumn( table, SWT.LEFT );
			column.setResizable( columns[i] != null );
			if ( columns[i] != null )
			{
				column.setText( columns[i] );
			}
			column.setWidth( columnWidth[i] );
		}
		valueTable = tableArea.getTableViewer( );
		valueTable.setColumnProperties( columns );
		valueTable.setContentProvider( contentProvider );
		valueTable.setLabelProvider( labelProvider );
		tableArea.setInput( choiceList );
		valueTable.addSelectionChangedListener( new ISelectionChangedListener( ) {
			public void selectionChanged( SelectionChangedEvent event )
			{
				updateTableButtons( );
			}
		} );
		Composite buttonBar = new Composite( tableAreaComposite, SWT.NONE );
		buttonBar.setLayout( UIUtil.createGridLayoutWithoutMargin( 4, false ) );