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
refreshValueTable( );
				}
			}
		} );
		changeDefault = new Button( buttonBar, SWT.TOGGLE );
		changeDefault.addSelectionListener( new SelectionAdapter( ) {
			public void widgetSelected( SelectionEvent e )
			{
				SelectionChoice choice = (SelectionChoice) ( (IStructuredSelection) valueTable.getSelection( ) ).getFirstElement( );
				if ( isDefaultChoice( choice ) )
				{
					changeDefaultValue( null );
				}
				else
				{
					changeDefaultValue( choice.getValue( ) );
				}
				refreshValueTable( );
				changeDefault.getParent( ).layout( );
			}
		} );
		createPromptLine( tableAreaComposite );
		updateTableButtons( );
	}
	private void switchToText( )
	{
		createDefaultEditor( );
		createLabel( valueArea, null );
		createPromptLine( valueArea );
	}