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
if ( !PARAM_CONTROL_COMBO.equals( lastControlType )
							&& !PARAM_CONTROL_LIST.equals( lastControlType )
							&& !DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_CONTROL_RADIO_BUTTON.equals( lastControlType ) )
					{
						clearArea( valueArea );
						switchToList( );
					}
				}
				else if ( DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_CONTROL_TEXT_BOX.equals( type ) )
				{
					clearArea( valueArea );
					switchToText( );
				}
				valueArea.layout( );
				initValueArea( );
				lastControlType = type;
			}
		}
		updateCheckBoxArea( );
		updateMessageLine( );
		boolean radioEnable = false;
		if ( PARAM_CONTROL_COMBO.equals( getSelectedControlType( ) )
				|| PARAM_CONTROL_LIST.equals( getSelectedControlType( ) ) )
		{
			radioEnable = true;
		}
		if ( radioEnable != staticRadio.isEnabled( ) )
		{
			staticRadio.setEnabled( radioEnable );