Stardates Explained - 20000927.1647

You don't understand the startdates?

Take, for example, 20000927.1647

Let me stick some spaces in some helpful places:

2000 09 27 . 16 47

That better?

20000927 means 27th September 2000, and 1647 is in 24-hour clock format, IE 4:47PM

Stardates in the Star Trek universe work in an entirely different way. Wikipedia has a good explanation on how Stardates work.