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
Composite limitArea = new Composite( moreOptionSection, SWT.NULL );
		GridLayout layout = new GridLayout( 2, false );
		layout.marginWidth = 0;
		layout.marginHeight = 0;
		limitArea.setLayout( layout );
		GridData data = new GridData( GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL );
		data.verticalSpan = 1;
		limitArea.setLayoutData( data );
		listLimit = new Text( limitArea, SWT.BORDER );
		data = new GridData( );
		data.widthHint = 80;
		listLimit.setLayoutData( data );
		listLimit.addVerifyListener( new VerifyListener( ) {
			public void verifyText( VerifyEvent e )
			{
				e.doit = ( "0123456789\0\b\u007f".indexOf( e.character ) != -1 ); 
			}
		} );
		Label values = new Label( limitArea, SWT.NULL );
		values.setText( Messages.getString( "ParameterDialog.Label.values" ) ); 
		values.setLayoutData( new GridData( GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL ) );
		
		createLabel( moreOptionSection, null ); 
		Composite checkBoxArea = new Composite( moreOptionSection, SWT.NONE );
		checkBoxArea.setLayout( UIUtil.createGridLayoutWithoutMargin( 2, false ) );
		checkBoxArea.setLayoutData( new GridData( GridData.FILL_BOTH ) );
		allowNull = new Button( checkBoxArea, SWT.CHECK );
		allowNull.setText( CHECKBOX_ALLOW_NULL );
		addCheckBoxListener( allowNull, CHECKBOX_ALLOW_NULL );
		allowBlank = new Button( checkBoxArea, SWT.CHECK );