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[–]Trek+WarsBigCoop97 5 points6 points  (2 children)

The nature of stardates is a tricky business, star dates have been in use by various cultures to co-ordinate time interstellarly based on a series of complex formulas based on location, speed, relativity, as well as "real" time passed. We'll take the stardate 44002.3 which is in the year 2367, the Battle of Wolf 359, and use it as an example: the first 4 represents the 24th century, the second 4 indicates the stardate cycle which consists of 1000 days, the 002 is the day of the cycle, and the .4 means that 4/10ths of the (day) have passed. Other factors come into play but that is the basis of it.

(Below this line is out of universe. I apologize.) The method above is what was used in TNG, VOY, and DS9, and is what I consider the most simple. Other methods were used before in TOS, which is considered by most to be indicative of changes made by starfleet. There is not stardate for this day because quite simply, stardating doesn't exist yet. If you really want to use it you can try 14710.1 at the time of posting (sorrta).

[–]akkahwoop 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Does this mean that a stardate can end in .239? So it would go from 44002.239 to 44003.0? Or does it go from 44002.9 to 44003.0? In which case, is a star 'day' only one hour long?

[–]Trek+WarsBigCoop97 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry I misspoke, accidentally wrote 10ths of the hour, meant 10ths of the day, it is very rare for there to be more than just the one decimal. Usually the decimal isn't even included unless multiple logs are entered over the course of a day, or it is referring to a specific event.

[–]bioMatrix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My guess is you could hack unix to do it