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.core/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/designer/util/DEUtil.java
}
			}
			else
			{
				String[] ss = val.split( "," ); 
				if ( ss.length == 3 )
				{
					try
					{
						int r = Integer.parseInt( ss[0] );
						int g = Integer.parseInt( ss[1] );
						int b = Integer.parseInt( ss[2] );
						return new RGB( r, g, b );
					}
					catch ( NumberFormatException e )
					{
						return null;
					}
				}
			}
		}
		return null;
	}
	/**
	 * Converts an Integer value to an RGB object value, the Integer format is
	 * 0xRRGGBB.
	 * 
	 * @param rgbValue
	 *            Integer value.
	 * @return RGB value.