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
*            the locale information
	 * @return the validated value if the input value is valid for the given
	 *         data type and format choice string
	 * @throws ValidationValueException
	 *             if the input value is not valid with the given data type and
	 *             format string
	 */
	static public Object validate( String dataType, String format,
			String value, ULocale locale ) throws ValidationValueException
	{
		if ( value == null )
			return null;
		if ( StringUtil.isBlank( format ) )
			return validate( dataType, value, locale );
		try
		{
			if ( DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_TYPE_DATETIME
					.equalsIgnoreCase( dataType ) )
				return doValidateDateTimeByPattern( format, value, locale );
			else if ( DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_TYPE_FLOAT
					.equalsIgnoreCase( dataType ) )
			{
				Number number = doValidateNumberByPattern( dataType, format,
						value, locale );
				if ( number == null )
					return null;
				return new Double( number.doubleValue( ) );
			}
			else if ( DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_TYPE_DECIMAL
					.equalsIgnoreCase( dataType ) )