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
{
			for ( int i = 0; i < elements.length; i++ )
			{
				if ( isDefaultChoice( (SelectionChoice) elements[i] ) )
				{
					changeDefaultValue( null );
				}
				choiceList.remove( elements[i] );
			}
			return true;
		}
	};
	private Text listLimit;
	/**
	 * Create a new parameter dialog with given title under the active shell
	 * 
	 * @param title
	 *            the title of the dialog
	 */
	public ParameterDialog( String title )
	{
		this( UIUtil.getDefaultShell( ), title );
	}
	/**
	 * Create a new parameter dialog with given title under the specified shell
	 * 
	 * @param parentShell
	 *            the parent shell of the dialog
	 * @param title
	 *            the title of the dialog