Stardates Explained - 20270111.0000

You don't understand the startdates?

Take, for example, 20270111.0000

Let me stick some spaces in some helpful places:

2027 01 11 . 00 00

That better?

20270111 means 11th January 2027, and 0000 is in 24-hour clock format, IE 12:00 midnight

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