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@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Hard override and set a bought price and bought date for your coins. Bought date
 The normal bought price property (see above) will always look at order book and only set bought_price to unassigned coins  
 This options however will skip order book and set the specified bought price and date for your available balance    
 `BTC_XRP_override_bought_price = 0.00008000`  
-`BTC_XRP_override_bought_date = 2017-01-01`  
+`BTC_XRP_override_bought_date = YYYY-MM-DD`  
 
 # Examples