[GENERAL] Evidently no support for the mmddyyyy date format

Today I tried every permutation of the DateStyle parameter I could find, and still cannot get PostgreSQL 8.3 to accept dates in the format mmdd. I tried setting this in the postgresql.conf file, and also in psql using "set datestyle to

[GENERAL] Is it possible for PostgreSQL to support mmddyyyy date format?

I'm currently porting an Informix based application to PostgreSQL 8.3. All of the dates processed by the application are in the mmdd format. According to the date input table at the link below, the mmdd format is not listed. The mmdd format is supported, but I'd have to modify a LOT