Format DateTime parameter in Report Short Description?

[Timothy Anyona]

Hi,
The date format settings are not applicable for display in the short description. I believe the default display for a #param# is dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSS. The [Expressions] part of the admin manual should provide some description of modifying the default output. Not very straightforward but here are some samples.

Using field syntax

f[datetime|#date1#|dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm]f

Using groovy syntax

g[new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm").format(date1.value);]g

This requires updating the groovy-whitelist.txt file to add the applicable classes i.e.

java.text.SimpleDateFormat
art.reportparameter.ReportParameter