datestyle in postgresql.conf, version 7.4

I want to have the date in french format for my postgres 7.4 database.
reading the documentation, three ways to get it.
1. set datestyle to 'postgres,european';  for each session,  it works OK
2. old style export
PGDATESTYLE='Postgres,European';/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl  -D
/home/local/BasePostgres/ -l logfile -o -i start  it works OK
3. datestyle="Postgres, European" in the postgresql.conf file, but
unfortunately it does nor work

what's wrong?

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