Stardates Explained - 20010129.1314

You don't understand the startdates?

Take, for example, 20010129.1314

Let me stick some spaces in some helpful places:

2001 01 29 . 13 14

That better?

20010129 means 29th January 2001, and 1314 is in 24-hour clock format, IE 1:14PM

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