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
{
				if ( isValidNumber( value.substring( 0, i ) ) )
				{
					spt[0] = value.substring( 0, i );
					spt[1] = value.substring( i, value.length( ) );
					break;
				}
			}
			if ( spt[0] == null && spt[1] == null )
			{
				spt[1] = value;
			}
		}
		return spt;
	}
	/**
	 * If given value if null, return an empty string, or return itself.
	 * 
	 * @param value
	 *            a String value.
	 * @return non-null value.
	 */
	public static String resolveNull( String value )
	{
		return value == null ? "" : value; 
	}
	/**
	 * Converts the RGB object value to a String, the String format is "r,g,b",
	 * no quotation marks.
	 *