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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		else if ( DesignChoiceConstants.FONT_SIZE_SMALLER.equals( fontSize ) )
		{
			fontSize = DesignChoiceConstants.FONT_SIZE_SMALL;
		}
		else if ( fontSize == null )
		{
			fontSize = DesignChoiceConstants.FONT_SIZE_MEDIUM;
		}
		String rt = (String) DesignerConstants.fontMap.get( fontSize );
		if ( rt != null )
		{
			return Integer.parseInt( rt );
		}
		String[] sp = DEUtil.splitString( fontSize );
		if ( sp[0] != null && DEUtil.isValidNumber( sp[0] ) )
		{
			return (int) CSSUtil.convertToPoint( new DimensionValue( Double.parseDouble( sp[0] ),
					sp[1] ) );
		}
		return 10;
	}
	/**
	 * Get the handle's font size 's string value. if the font size is relative,
	 * calculate the actual size according to its parent.
	 * 
	 * @param handle
	 *            The style handle to work with the style properties of this
	 *            element.
	 * @return The font size string value.