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
* @param rgb
	 *            RGB value.
	 * @return String value.
	 */
	public static String getRGBText( RGB rgb )
	{
		if ( rgb != null )
		{
			return rgb.red + "," + rgb.green + "," + rgb.blue; 
		}
		return ""; 
	}
	/**
	 * Converts the String value to an RGB object value, the String format is
	 * "r,g,b", no quotation marks.
	 * 
	 * @param val
	 *            String value.
	 * @return RGB value.
	 */
	public static RGB getRGBValue( String val )
	{
		if ( val != null )
		{
			if ( val.startsWith( "#" ) ) 
			{
				int rgb = ColorUtil.parseColor( val );
				if ( rgb != -1 )
				{
					return getRGBValue( rgb );