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
changeDefault.setEnabled( isEnable );
	}
	private void updateButtons( )
	{
		boolean canFinish = !StringUtil.isBlank( nameEditor.getText( ) );
		if ( canFinish )
		{
			if ( errorMessageLine != null && !errorMessageLine.isDisposed( ) )
			{
				canFinish = ( errorMessageLine.getImage( ) == null );
			}
			if ( columnChooser != null && !isStatic( ) )
			{
				canFinish &= ( getExpression( columnChooser.getText( ) ) != null );
			}
		}
		getOkButton( ).setEnabled( canFinish );
	}
	private void updateCheckBoxArea( )
	{
		
		if ( ( DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_CONTROL_TEXT_BOX.equals( getSelectedControlType( ) ) || PARAM_CONTROL_LIST.equals( getSelectedControlType( ) ) )
				&& DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_TYPE_STRING.equals( getSelectedDataType( ) ) )
		{
			allowBlank.setEnabled( true );
		}
		else
		{
			allowBlank.setEnabled( false );
		}