Stardates Explained - 20100406.2350

You don't understand the startdates?

Take, for example, 20100406.2350

Let me stick some spaces in some helpful places:

2010 04 06 . 23 50

That better?

20100406 means 6th April 2010, and 2350 is in 24-hour clock format, IE 11:50PM

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