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
dataTypeChooser.setText( dataType.findChoice( inputParameter.getDataType( ) )
				.getDisplayName( ) );
		switchParamterType( );
		loading = false;
		return true;
	}
	private void initValueArea( )
	{
		if ( isStatic( ) )
		{
			if ( DesignChoiceConstants.PARAM_CONTROL_CHECK_BOX.equals( getSelectedControlType( ) ) )
			{
				if ( isValidValue( defaultValue ) != null )
				{
					defaultValue = null;
					defaultValueChooser.select( 0 );
				}
				else
				{
					if ( Boolean.valueOf( defaultValue ).booleanValue( ) )
					{
						defaultValueChooser.select( 1 );
					}
					else
					{
						defaultValueChooser.select( 2 );
					}
				}
			}
			else