Bug 177693 Support Date/Time data type in BIRT report engine.
Report engine needs to support new BIRT data type Date/Time. Please see attached for details.
engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/api/ReportParameterConverter.java
sf.applyPattern( format );
				}
				
				reportParameterValue = sf.format( ( String ) reportParameterObj );
			}
			else if ( reportParameterObj instanceof Date )
			{
				DateFormatter df = new DateFormatter( ULocale.forLocale(locale) );
				
				if ( format != null )
				{
					df.applyPattern( format );
				}
				
				reportParameterValue = df.format( ( Date ) reportParameterObj );
			}
			else if ( reportParameterObj instanceof Double )
			{
				NumberFormatter nf = new NumberFormatter( ULocale.forLocale(locale) );
				
				if ( format != null )
				{
					nf.applyPattern( format );
				}
				reportParameterValue = nf.format( ( ( Double ) reportParameterObj ).doubleValue( ) );
			}
			else if ( reportParameterObj instanceof BigDecimal )
			{
				NumberFormatter nf = new NumberFormatter( ULocale.forLocale(locale) );
				if ( format != null )