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
private String getSelectedDataType( )
	{
		String type = null;
		if ( StringUtil.isBlank( dataTypeChooser.getText( ) ) )
		{
			type = inputParameter.getDataType( );
		}
		else
		{
			IChoice choice = dataType.findChoiceByDisplayName( dataTypeChooser.getText( ) );
			type = dataType.findChoiceByDisplayName( dataTypeChooser.getText( ) )
					.getName( );
			type = choice.getName( );
		}
		return type;
	}
	/**
	 * Gets the internal name of the control type from the display name
	 */
	private String getSelectedControlType( )
	{
		String displayText = controlTypeChooser.getText( );
		if ( StringUtil.isBlank( displayText ) )
		{
			return getInputControlType( );
		}
		if ( DISPLAY_NAME_CONTROL_COMBO.equals( displayText ) )
		{
			return PARAM_CONTROL_COMBO;
		}