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
* 
	 * @param obj
	 */
	public static String getDisplayLabel( Object obj, boolean includeElementName )
	{
		if ( obj instanceof DesignElementHandle )
		{
			DesignElementHandle handle = (DesignElementHandle) obj;
			String elementName = handle.getDefn( ).getDisplayName( );
			String displayName;
			if ( handle.getQualifiedName( ) != null
					&& !handle.getQualifiedName( ).equals( handle.getName( ) ) )
			{
				displayName = handle.getQualifiedName( );
			}
			else
			{	
				displayName = handle.getName( );				
			}
			if ( !StringUtil.isBlank( displayName ) )
			{
				if ( includeElementName )
				{
					return elementName + " - " + displayName; 
				}
				return displayName;
			}
			return elementName;
		}
		return "";