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
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.swt.custom.TableArea;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.util.DataUtil;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.util.ExceptionHandler;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.util.IHelpContextIds;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.util.UIUtil;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.nls.Messages;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.IReportGraphicConstants;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.ReportPlatformUIImages;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.actions.NewDataSetAction;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.views.attributes.providers.ChoiceSetFactory;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.util.DEUtil;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.DataSetHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.PropertyHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ResultSetColumnHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.ScalarParameterHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.SelectionChoiceHandle;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.StructureFactory;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.activity.SemanticException;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.elements.DesignChoiceConstants;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.elements.structures.SelectionChoice;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.metadata.IChoice;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.metadata.IChoiceSet;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.util.StringUtil;
import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog;
import org.eclipse.jface.util.Assert;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ILabelProviderListener;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelectionChangedListener;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IStructuredContentProvider;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IStructuredSelection;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ITableLabelProvider;