Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org> writes:
> No, it isn't. If you get UTF8 (formerly UNICODE) as a default then
> it's because initdb is picking it up from your environment.
Which initdb has done since 8.0. If the OP is such a rabid UTF8 fan,
one wonders why his default locale setting isn't using UTF8 ...
regards, tom lane