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<chapter id="datatype">
<literal>SET DateStyle TO 'US'</literal> or <literal>SET DateStyle TO 'NonEuropean'</literal>
specifies the variant <quote>month before day</quote>, the command
<literal>SET DateStyle TO 'European'</literal> sets the variant
- <quote>day before month</quote>. The <literal>US</literal> style
+ <quote>day before month</quote>. The <literal>ISO</literal> style
is the default but this default can be changed at compile time or at run time.
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