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
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.DataSetHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.DataSetParameterHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.DataSourceHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.DesignConfig;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.DesignElementHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.DesignEngine;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.DimensionHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.GraphicMasterPageHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.GridHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.GroupElementFactory;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.GroupElementHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.GroupHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ImageHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.LabelHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.LibraryHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ListingHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.MasterPageHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ModuleHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ParameterGroupHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ParameterHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ReportDesignHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ReportElementHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ReportItemHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ResultSetColumnHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.RowHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.SlotHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.StyleHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.TextItemHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ThemeHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.activity.SemanticException;