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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	public ParameterDialog( Shell parentShell, String title )
	{
		super( parentShell, title );
	}
	protected Control createDialogArea( Composite parent )
	{
		Composite composite = (Composite) super.createDialogArea( parent );
		createPropertiesSection( composite );
		createMoreOptionSection( composite );
		UIUtil.bindHelp( parent, IHelpContextIds.PARAMETER_DIALOG_ID );
		return composite;
	}
	private void createPropertiesSection( Composite composite )
	{
		Group propertiesSection = new Group( composite, SWT.NONE );
		propertiesSection.setText( GROUP_PROPERTIES );
		propertiesSection.setLayout( new GridLayout( 2, false ) );
		propertiesSection.setLayoutData( new GridData( GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL ) );
		createLabel( propertiesSection, LABEL_NAME );
		nameEditor = new Text( propertiesSection, SWT.BORDER );
		nameEditor.setLayoutData( new GridData( GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL ) );
		nameEditor.addModifyListener( new ModifyListener( ) {
			public void modifyText( ModifyEvent e )
			{
				updateMessageLine( );
			}
		} );
		createLabel( propertiesSection, LABEL_PROMPT_TEXT );
		promptTextEditor = new Text( propertiesSection, SWT.BORDER );