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
}
				inputParameter.setDataSetName( null );
				inputParameter.setValueExpr( null );
				inputParameter.setLabelExpr( null );
			}
			else
			{
				
				inputParameter.setValueType( DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_VALUE_TYPE_DYNAMIC );
				inputParameter.setDataSetName( dataSetChooser.getText( ) );
				inputParameter.setValueExpr( getExpression( columnChooser.getText( ) ) );
				inputParameter.setLabelExpr( getExpression( displayTextChooser.getText( ) ) );
			}
			
			inputParameter.setHelpText( UIUtil.convertToModelString( helpTextEditor.getText( ),
					false ) );
			
			inputParameter.setCategory( formatCategroy );
			inputParameter.setPattern( formatPattern );
			if ( isStatic( )
					&& ( PARAM_CONTROL_COMBO.equals( getSelectedControlType( ) ) || DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_CONTROL_RADIO_BUTTON.equals( getSelectedControlType( ) ) )
					&& !containValue( null, defaultValue, COLUMN_VALUE ) )
			{
				defaultValue = null;
			}
			
			if ( dirtyProperties.containsKey( CHECKBOX_HIDDEN ) )
			{
				inputParameter.setHidden( getProperty( CHECKBOX_HIDDEN ) );
			}