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
checkBox.addSelectionListener( new SelectionAdapter( ) {
			public void widgetSelected( SelectionEvent e )
			{
				checkBoxChange( checkBox, key );
			}
		} );
	}
	/**
	 * @param key
	 * @param checkBox
	 * 
	 */
	protected void checkBoxChange( Button checkBox, String key )
	{
		dirtyProperties.put( key, new Boolean( checkBox.getSelection( ) ) );
		if ( CHECKBOX_ALLOW_BLANK.equals( key )
				|| CHECKBOX_ALLOW_NULL.equals( key ) )
		{
			if ( isStatic( ) )
			{
				makeUniqueAndValid( );
				refreshValueTable( );
			}
			updateMessageLine( );
		}
	}
	private void clearArea( Composite area )
	{
		Control[] children = area.getChildren( );
		for ( int i = 0; i < children.length; i++ )