Stardates Explained - 20010129.1315

You don't understand the startdates?

Take, for example, 20010129.1315

Let me stick some spaces in some helpful places:

2001 01 29 . 13 15

That better?

20010129 means 29th January 2001, and 1315 is in 24-hour clock format, IE 1:15PM

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