Bug 177691 Support Date/Time type in BIRT.
We plan to support Date/Time type in BIRT. Please refer to attached document/patch file for necessary info.
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/api/util/ParameterValidationUtil.java
.equalsIgnoreCase( dataType ) ? NumberFormat
				.getIntegerInstance( locale.toLocale( ) ) : NumberFormat
				.getNumberInstance( locale.toLocale( ) );
		try
		{
			
			
			return localeFormatter.parse( value );
		}
		catch ( ParseException e )
		{
			throw new ValidationValueException( value,
					PropertyValueException.DESIGN_EXCEPTION_INVALID_VALUE,
					dataType );
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Validates a input parameter value with the given data type, format choice
	 * string. The returned value is locale and pattern dependent. The data type
	 * and the format can be one pair of the following:
	 * <p>
	 * <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:
	 * collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="36%" id="AutoNumber1">
	 * <tr>
	 * <td width="16%">Data Type</td>
	 * <td width="84%">Format Type</td>
	 * </tr>
	 * <tr>
	 * <td width="16%">Float/Decimal</td>
	 * <td width="84%">