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import sys
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

date_string = lambda date: date.strftime('%d%m%Y')
date_readable_format = lambda date: date.strftime('%d-%m-%Y')


def is_palindrome(text):
    left_position = 0
    right_position = len(text) - 1

letsgogeeky

1. Change your database RDS instance security group to allow your machine to access it.
   • Add your ip to the security group to acces the instance via Postgres.
2. Make a copy of the database using pg_dump
   • $ pg_dump -h <public dns> -U <my username> -f <name of dump file .sql> <name of my database>
   • you will be asked for postgressql password.
   • a dump file(.sql) will be created
3. Restore that dump file to your local database.
   • but you might need to drop the database and create it first
   • to create the db use $ createdb -h localhost -p 5432 -U <local_server_name> <new_db_name>

• $ psql -U -d -f