Stardates Explained - 20110220.2149

You don't understand the startdates?

Take, for example, 20110220.2149

Let me stick some spaces in some helpful places:

2011 02 20 . 21 49

That better?

20110220 means 20th February 2011, and 2149 is in 24-hour clock format, IE 9:49PM

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