Stardates Explained - 20150916.1600

You don't understand the startdates?

Take, for example, 20150916.1600

Let me stick some spaces in some helpful places:

2015 09 16 . 16 00

That better?

20150916 means 16th September 2015, and 1600 is in 24-hour clock format, IE 4:00PM

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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