Jeff Self <jself@nngov.com> writes:
> I'm trying to set my datestyle automatically in postgresql.conf this
> way:
> datestyle = 'iso, us'
That will work as of PG 7.3, but not in prior releases. (Datestyle and
a couple of other slightly-weird SET variables didn't get folded into
GUC until 7.3.) The workaround in old releases is to set PGDATESTYLE in
the postmaster's environment, instead.
regards, tom lane