Bug 175803 format date time examples are incorrect
1. put a data field on report 2. select "format date time" in "properties" 3. select "custom" 4. in the examples in the "example formats" table are not correct if you use non english date/time settings in your microsoft windows preferences; e.g. "Short Date" is shown as "28.02.07" with "example code" "M/dd/yyyy", the correct value had to be "dd.MM.yyyy"
core/org.eclipse.birt.core/src/org/eclipse/birt/core/format/DateFormatter.java
* transfer the format string pattern from msdn to the string pattern which
	 * java can recognize
	 */
	public String format( Date date )
	{
		try
		{
			return dateFormat.format( date );
		}
		catch ( Exception e )
		{
			logger.log( Level.WARNING, e.getMessage( ), e );
			return null;
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Parses the input string into a formatted date type.
	 * 
	 * @param date
	 *            the input string to parse
	 * @return the formatted date
	 * @throws ParseException
	 *             if the beginning of the specified string cannot be parsed.
	 */
	
	public Date parse( String date ) throws ParseException
	{
		return dateFormat.parse( date );
	}
}