private String getDataText(Object element) {
   if (element != null) {
     if (expectedColumnDataType == DataType.SQL_DATE_TYPE && element instanceof Date) {
       formatter.applyPattern("yyyy-MM-dd"); // $NON-NLS-1$
       return formatter.format((Date) element);
     } else if (expectedColumnDataType == DataType.SQL_TIME_TYPE && element instanceof Date) {
       formatter.applyPattern("HH:mm:ss.SSS"); // $NON-NLS-1$
       return formatter.format((Date) element);
     } else if (expectedColumnDataType == DataType.DATE_TYPE && element instanceof Date) {
       formatter.applyPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS"); // $NON-NLS-1$
       return formatter.format((Date) element);
     }
     // Because of fixed Timestamp format problem(T60058),add DataTypeUtil.toString(element );
     // But this will make nunmber format has "," ,such as 10000 to be 10,000
     // In SelectValueDialog ,it call DataTypeUtil.toLocaleNeutralString( element )
     // So add follow code to call DataTypeUtil.toLocaleNeutralString( element )
     else if (element instanceof Number) {
       try {
         return DataTypeUtil.toLocaleNeutralString(element);
       } catch (BirtException e) {
         return String.valueOf(element);
       }
     } else {
       try {
         return DataTypeUtil.toString(element);
       } catch (BirtException e) {
         return String.valueOf(element);
       }
     }
   }
   return null;
 }
 /**
  * Get date formatter.
  *
  * @return DateFormatter object
  */
 private DateFormatter getDateFormatter() {
   if (df == null && uLocale != null) {
     df = new DateFormatter(uLocale, timeZone);
     if (format != null) {
       df.applyPattern(format);
     }
   }
   return df;
 }