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
promptTextEditor.setText( inputParameter.getPromptText( ) );
		}
		helpTextEditor.setText( UIUtil.convertToGUIString( inputParameter.getHelpText( ) ) );
		if ( inputParameter.getValueType( )
				.equals( DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_VALUE_TYPE_STATIC ) )
		{
			staticRadio.setSelection( true );
			for ( Iterator iter = inputParameter.getPropertyHandle( ScalarParameterHandle.SELECTION_LIST_PROP )
					.iterator( ); iter.hasNext( ); )
			{
				SelectionChoiceHandle choiceHandle = (SelectionChoiceHandle) iter.next( );
				choiceList.add( choiceHandle.getStructure( ) );
			}
		}
		else
		{
			dynamicRadio.setSelection( true );
		}
		defaultValue = inputParameter.getDefaultValue( );
		if ( inputParameter.getPropertyHandle( ScalarParameterHandle.LIST_LIMIT_PROP )
				.isSet( ) )
		{
			listLimit.setText( String.valueOf( inputParameter.getListlimit( ) ) );
		}
		isHidden.setSelection( inputParameter.isHidden( ) );
		allowNull.setSelection( inputParameter.allowNull( ) );
		allowBlank.setSelection( inputParameter.allowBlank( ) );
		doNotEcho.setSelection( inputParameter.isConcealValue( ) );
		needSort.setSelection( !inputParameter.isFixedOrder( ) );
		changeDataType( );