Bug 177693 Support Date/Time data type in BIRT report engine.
Report engine needs to support new BIRT data type Date/Time. Please see attached for details.
engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/api/ReportParameterConverter.java
nf.applyPattern( "General Number" );
						
						try
						{
							Number num = nf.parse( reportParameterValue );
							
							if ( num != null )
							{
								parameterValueObj = new Integer( num.intValue( ) );
							}
						}
						catch( ParseException pex )
						{
							try
							{
								parameterValueObj = new Integer( reportParameterValue );
							}
							catch( NumberFormatException nfe )
							{
								parameterValueObj = null;
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
		
		return parameterValueObj;
	}
}