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
*            the handle of the base element
	 * 
	 * @return the level between the holder and the base element, or -1 if the
	 *         element is not a children of the holder
	 */
	public static int getBindingLevel( DesignElementHandle holder,
			DesignElementHandle baseElement )
	{
		int level = 0;
		for ( DesignElementHandle elementHandle = baseElement; elementHandle.getContainer( ) != null; elementHandle = getBindingHolder( elementHandle ).getContainer( ), level++ )
		{
			DesignElementHandle bindingHolder = getBindingHolder( elementHandle );
			if ( bindingHolder == holder )
			{
				return level;
			}
			if ( holder instanceof GroupHandle
					&& bindingHolder == holder.getContainer( ) )
			{
				return level;
			}
		}
		return -1;
	}
	/**
	 * Check if the given element is linked from a library or not.
	 * 
	 * @param handle
	 *            the handle of the element to check
	 * @return true if it is linked from a library ,or false if else;