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@ -496,13 +496,16 @@ public market which publishes such rates.
When market prices are known, the `-V/--value` option will use them to
convert reported amounts to their market value as of the report end
date. This option is currently availabel only with the
date. This option is currently available only with the
[balance](#balance) command.
You record market prices (Ledger calls them historical prices) with a
P directive, in the journal or perhaps in a separate
[included](#include-directive) file. Market price directives have the
format: `P DATE COMMODITYSYMBOL UNITPRICE`
[included](#including-other-files) file. Market price directives have
the format:
```journal
P DATE COMMODITYSYMBOL UNITPRICE
```
<!-- (A time and numeric time zone are allowed but ignored, like ledger.) -->
For example, the following directives say that the euro's exchange rate was 1.35 US dollars during 2009, and $1.40 from 2010 onward (and unknown before 2009).