For the artifact database # su - postgres $ createuser --no-createrole --no-superuser --pwprompt --no-createdb artifacts $ createdb --encoding=UTF-8 --owner artifacts artifactsdb For the flys database # su - postgres $ createuser --no-createrole --no-superuser --pwprompt --no-createdb flys $ createdb --encoding=UTF-8 --owner flys flystest1 Build an importer package: mvn -f pom.xml clean compile assembly:single Alternatively with oracle: mvn -f pom-oracle.xml clean compile assembly:single Standalone DateGuesser testing example: mvn -e -Dexec.mainClass=de.intevation.flys.utils.DateGuesser -Dexec.args="110803" exec:java <