title: Formating Date from parameter in BIRT
body: <p>Hi so my report takes in a startDate string parameter with the value of "2017/03/18" being passed in. I need to take that and format it to be 18 March 2017. </p>
  
  <p>I've tried using formatter.format(params["startDate"].value,'dd MMM yyy'); but it still doesn't work. I've also used the Format DateTime in the properties tab and it also doesn't work.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas on how I can convert it to the format I want to?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you!</p>