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
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	public static Iterator getStyles( Comparator comparator )
	{
		List styles = null;
		if ( SessionHandleAdapter.getInstance( ).getReportDesignHandle( ) instanceof ReportDesignHandle )
		{
			styles = SessionHandleAdapter.getInstance( )
					.getReportDesignHandle( )
					.getAllStyles( );
		}
		else if ( SessionHandleAdapter.getInstance( ).getReportDesignHandle( ) instanceof LibraryHandle )
		{
			styles = new ArrayList( );
			ThemeHandle theme = ( (LibraryHandle) SessionHandleAdapter.getInstance( )
					.getReportDesignHandle( ) ).getTheme( );
			if ( theme != null )
			{
				styles.addAll( theme.getStyles( ).getContents( ) );
			}
		}
		Object[] stylesArray = ( styles == null ? new Object[0]
				: styles.toArray( ) );
		if ( comparator != null )
		{
			Arrays.sort( stylesArray, comparator );
		}
		return Arrays.asList( stylesArray ).iterator( );
	}
	/**
	 * Checks if two strings have same value.