Stardates Explained - 20110216.1432

You don't understand the startdates?

Take, for example, 20110216.1432

Let me stick some spaces in some helpful places:

2011 02 16 . 14 32

That better?

20110216 means 16th February 2011, and 1432 is in 24-hour clock format, IE 2:32PM

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