Change format to Calendar Prompt

Hi, i want to change the format to the calendar Prompt. The problem is that when i select a date the format used is d/m/yyyy and i need the yyyy-mm-dd format.
I change the function function NQCSetDate(d, m, y) in Calendar.js (located in OracleBI\oc4j_bi\j2ee\home\applications\analytics\analytics\res\b_mozilla) but it doesn t work.
My OBIEE is installled on a Unix machine and the version is 10.1.3.3.3
Thanks

http://108obiee.blogspot.com/search/label/DATE
Leave NQCSetDate as in the previous state (original), you don't need to edit it for this problem (can be edited for other purspose, for example to show 1-Jan-2000 instead of 1-1-2009).
If you want yyyy-mm-dd format in the calendar make changes in the localedefinitions.xml, it is well explained here: http://108obiee.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-change-date-format-mask-in-date.html.
dateShortFormat: yyyy-MM-dd (this is used when placing default value to calendar prompt but before picking value from calendar)
dateSeparator: - (this is used after selecting from calendar)
dateOrder: ymd (this is used after selecting from calendar)
If you want to show it with leading zeros (2009-01-01):
http://108obiee.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-add-leading-zeros-after.html.
Regards
Goran
http://108obiee.blogspot.com

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