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
{
		return getThemes( new AlphabeticallyComparator( ) );
	}
	private static Iterator getThemes( AlphabeticallyComparator comparator )
	{
		List themes = SessionHandleAdapter.getInstance( )
				.getReportDesignHandle( )
				.getVisibleThemes( IAccessControl.DIRECTLY_INCLUDED_LEVEL );
		Object[] themesArray = themes.toArray( );
		if ( comparator != null )
		{
			Arrays.sort( themesArray, comparator );
		}
		return Arrays.asList( themesArray ).iterator( );
	}
	/**
	 * Generates GroupElementHandle for given model list.
	 * 
	 * @param modelList
	 * @return
	 */
	public static GroupElementHandle getGroupElementHandle( List modelList )
	{
		if ( SessionHandleAdapter.getInstance( ).getReportDesignHandle( ) == null )
		{
			return GroupElementFactory.newGroupElement( SessionHandleAdapter.getInstance( )
					.getReportDesignHandle( ),
					Collections.EMPTY_LIST );
		}
		return GroupElementFactory.newGroupElement( SessionHandleAdapter.getInstance( )