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
}
		public String getColumnText( Object element, int columnIndex )
		{
			SelectionChoice choice = ( (SelectionChoice) element );
			final int valueIndex = valueTable.getColumnProperties( ).length - 2;
			String text = null;
			if ( valueTable.getColumnProperties( ).length == 4
					&& columnIndex == 1 )
			{
				if ( isDefaultChoice( choice ) )
				{
					text = FLAG_DEFAULT;
				}
			}
			else if ( columnIndex == valueIndex )
			{
				text = choice.getValue( );
			}
			else if ( columnIndex == valueIndex + 1 )
			{
				text = choice.getLabel( );
				if ( text == null )
				{
					text = format( choice.getValue( ) );
				}
			}
			if ( text == null )
			{
				text = ""; 
			}