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
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		catch ( Exception e )
		{
			ExceptionHandler.handle( e );
			return;
		}
		setResult( inputParameter );
		super.okPressed( );
	}
	private void createLabel( Composite parent, String content )
	{
		Label label = new Label( parent, SWT.NONE );
		if ( content != null )
		{
			label.setText( content );
		}
		setLabelLayoutData( label );
	}
	private void setLabelLayoutData( Label label )
	{
		GridData gd = new GridData( );
		if ( label.getText( ).equals( LABEL_VALUES ) )
		{
			gd.verticalAlignment = GridData.BEGINNING;
		}
		label.setLayoutData( gd );
	}
	private void addCheckBoxListener( final Button checkBox, final String key )
	{