Stardates Explained - 20190131.2200

You don't understand the startdates?

Take, for example, 20190131.2200

Let me stick some spaces in some helpful places:

2019 01 31 . 22 00

That better?

20190131 means 31st January 2019, and 2200 is in 24-hour clock format, IE 10:00PM

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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