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 ( fontSize.equals( DesignerConstants.fontSizes[i][0] ) )
					{
						return Integer.parseInt( DesignerConstants.fontSizes[i - 1][1] );
					}
				}
				return Integer.parseInt( DesignerConstants.fontSizes[0][1] );
			}
		}
		else
		{
			
			String size = (String) DesignerConstants.fontMap.get( DesignChoiceConstants.FONT_SIZE_MEDIUM );
			return Integer.parseInt( size ) - 1;
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Since "&" in menu text has special meaning, we must escape it before
	 * displaying.
	 * 
	 * @param src
	 *            Source text.
	 * @return Escaped text.
	 */
	public static String getEscapedMenuItemText( String src )
	{
		if ( src != null && src.indexOf( '&' ) != -1 )
		{
			src = src.replaceAll( "\\&", "&&" ); 
		}
		return src;