diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 4d3e8c7b..0adf9c5e 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -5851,8 +5851,9 @@
 
 	function init_connection($link) {
 		if (DB_TYPE == "pgsql") {
-			pg_query("set client_encoding = 'UTF-8'");
+			pg_query($link, "set client_encoding = 'UTF-8'");
 			pg_set_client_encoding("UNICODE");
+			pg_query($link, "set datestyle = 'european'");
 		} else {
 			if (defined('MYSQL_CHARSET') && MYSQL_CHARSET) {
 				db_query($link, "SET NAMES " . MYSQL_CHARSET);