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
public void widgetSelected( SelectionEvent e )
			{
				switchParamterType( );
			}
		} );
		dynamicRadio = new Button( choiceArea, SWT.RADIO );
		dynamicRadio.setText( RADIO_DYNAMIC );
		dynamicRadio.addSelectionListener( new SelectionAdapter( ) {
			public void widgetSelected( SelectionEvent e )
			{
				switchParamterType( );
			}
		} );
		valueArea = new Composite( propertiesSection, SWT.NONE );
		valueArea.setLayout( UIUtil.createGridLayoutWithoutMargin( 2, false ) );
		GridData gd = new GridData( GridData.FILL_BOTH );
		gd.heightHint = 150;
		gd.widthHint = 550;
		gd.horizontalSpan = 2;
		valueArea.setLayoutData( gd );
		createLabel( propertiesSection, null );
		errorMessageLine = new CLabel( propertiesSection, SWT.NONE );
		errorMessageLine.setLayoutData( new GridData( GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL ) );
	}
	private void createMoreOptionSection( Composite composite )
	{
		Group moreOptionSection = new Group( composite, SWT.NONE );
		moreOptionSection.setText( GROUP_MORE_OPTION );
		moreOptionSection.setLayout( new GridLayout( 2, false ) );
		moreOptionSection.setLayoutData( new GridData( GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL ) );