date format

I was reading the date data type section of the Postgres Manual, and found 
this:

Date and time input is accepted in almost any reasonable format, including 
ISO-8601, SQL-compatible, traditional Postgres, and others. The ordering of 
month and day in date input can be ambiguous, therefore a setting exists to 
specify how it should be interpreted in ambiguous cases. The command SET 
DateStyle TO 'US' or SET DateStyle TO 'NonEuropean' specifies the variant 
"month before day", the command SET DateStyle TO 'European' sets the variant 
"day before month". The ISO style is the default but this default can be 
changed at compile time or at run time. 

Now, normally work with day/month/year format, and work normally with PHP, so 
do we have to set the datestyle variable each time we open a connection? Can 
this be the default as it says in the manuals and how?

Saludos... :-)

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