Stardates Explained - 20150503.1518

You don't understand the startdates?

Take, for example, 20150503.1518

Let me stick some spaces in some helpful places:

2015 05 03 . 15 18

That better?

20150503 means 3rd May 2015, and 1518 is in 24-hour clock format, IE 3:18PM

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

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