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
return Collections.EMPTY_LIST.iterator( );
	}
	/**
	 * Return the expression for the given binding column based on the given
	 * element
	 * 
	 * @param baseElement
	 *            the base element
	 * @param column
	 *            the binding column
	 * @return the expression for the column
	 */
	public static String getBindingexpression( DesignElementHandle baseElement,
			ComputedColumnHandle column )
	{
		String exp = IReportElementConstants.BINDING_COLUMN_PREFIX;
		for ( int i = 0; i < getBindingLevel( column.getElementHandle( ),
				baseElement ); i++ )
		{
			exp += IReportElementConstants.OUTER_BINDING_COLUMN_PREFIX;
		}
		exp += "[\"" + DEUtil.escape( column.getName( ) ) + "\"]";
		return exp;
	}
	/**
	 * Returns the level between the holder and the given handle
	 * 
	 * @param holder
	 *            the handle of the holder
	 * @param baseElement