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
{
				refreshValueTable( );
			}
		}
	}
	private boolean canBeBlank( )
	{
		boolean canBeBlank = false;
		if ( PARAM_CONTROL_LIST.equals( getSelectedControlType( ) )
				|| DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_CONTROL_TEXT_BOX.equals( getSelectedControlType( ) ) )
		{
			if ( dirtyProperties.containsKey( CHECKBOX_ALLOW_BLANK ) )
			{
				canBeBlank = ( (Boolean) dirtyProperties.get( CHECKBOX_ALLOW_BLANK ) ).booleanValue( );
			}
			else
			{
				canBeBlank = inputParameter.allowBlank( );
			}
		}
		return canBeBlank;
	}
	private boolean canBeNull( )
	{
		boolean canBeNull = false;
		if ( dirtyProperties.containsKey( CHECKBOX_ALLOW_NULL ) )
		{
			canBeNull = ( (Boolean) dirtyProperties.get( CHECKBOX_ALLOW_NULL ) ).booleanValue( );
		}
		else