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
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		} );
		createLabel( composite, LABEL_SELECT_VALUE_COLUMN );
		columnChooser = new Combo( composite, SWT.BORDER | SWT.READ_ONLY );
		columnChooser.setLayoutData( new GridData( GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL ) );
		columnChooser.addSelectionListener( new SelectionAdapter( ) {
			public void widgetDefaultSelected( SelectionEvent e )
			{
				updateButtons( );
			}
		} );
		createLabel( composite, null );
		createLabel( composite, LABEL_SELECT_DISPLAY_TEXT );
		displayTextChooser = new Combo( composite, SWT.BORDER | SWT.READ_ONLY );
		displayTextChooser.setLayoutData( new GridData( GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL ) );
		createLabel( composite, null );
		createDefaultEditor( );
		listLimit.setEditable( true );
	}
	private void createDefaultEditor( )
	{
		createLabel( valueArea, LABEL_DEFAULT_VALUE );
		defaultValueEditor = new Text( valueArea, SWT.BORDER );
		defaultValueEditor.setLayoutData( new GridData( GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL ) );
		defaultValueEditor.addModifyListener( new ModifyListener( ) {
			public void modifyText( ModifyEvent e )
			{
				changeDefaultValue( UIUtil.convertToModelString( defaultValueEditor.getText( ),
						false ) );
				if ( isStatic( ) )