Stardates in Star Trek FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about Stardates in Star Trek.
This FAQ about Stardates in Star Trek was compiled and written by Andrew Main zefram@dcs.warwick.ac.uk with numerous contributions by others.
01 Introduction to this faq (Stardates in Star Trek)- There are a number of conflicting theories concerning the meaning ...
- 02 Abbreviations (rec.arts.startrek.tech)
- Note the following abbreviations, which will be used without ...
- 03 The official explanation (Theories of stardates)
- Originally, stardates were used so that Star Trek could be established ...
- 04 Subjective stardates
- A common theory, picking up on part of Roddenberry's explanation, is ...
- 05 Mission-based stardates
- Another theory is that stardates refer only to the ship's current mission, ...
- 06 Modified julian dates (Theories of stardates)
- It has been suggested in numerous places that stardates are actually ...
- 07 Hexadecimal stardates, ten year centuries and other rubbish
- It has been suggested, in jest, that stardates are actually hexadecimal, ...
- 08 Recalibration of the warp factor scale (Theories of stardates)
- Many people have noted that between ST:TOS and ST:TNG, as well as the ...
- 09 Time standards (Investigation into stardates)
- This FAQ addresses the problem of what stardates mean. Of course, ...
- 10 Principles for the investigation (Investigation into stardates)
- Since there must be some basis for a system, the following will be assumed, ...
- 11 Reference points: the original series (Investigation into stardates)
- Going by the Star Trek Chronology, the first and last episodes are ...
- 12 First period of stardates: the original series (Investigation into stardates)
- Stardate 1533.6 was sometime during 2266-11-21. According to the Chronology,...
- 13 Reference points: the classic films (Investigation into stardates)
- Going by the Star Trek Chronology again, these dates may be useful. ...
- 14 Third period of stardates: the classic films (Investigation into stardates)
- It turns out that the stardate rate has to change sometime between ST:TMP ...
- 15 Second period of stardates: intermediate, st:tos to tcfs
- Neither of the periods of stardates discussed above gives a satisfactory ...
- 16 Reference points: the next generation (Investigation into stardates)
- Throughout ST:TNG stardates have increased at approximately 1000 units ...
- 17 Fifth period of stardates: the next generation
- Note that ST:TNG stardates have five digits before the decimal point, ...
- 18 Fourth period of stardates: intermediate, tcfs to st:tng
- SD 9521.5 corresponds to the date 2292-12-19. The digits run out and ...
- 19 Zeroth period of stardates: before the original series
- From the ST:TOS stardates we know that SD 1530 is 2266-11-21. Extending ...
- 20 Conjectural history of stardates (Consequences of the theory)
- Before the Federation was founded, everyone involved in space travel ...
- 21 Date calculations (Consequences of the theory)
- Here's when the classic movies are set:...
- 22 Stardates in the twentieth century (Consequences of the theory)
- It has been calculated that stardates begin on 2162-01-04. It is ...
- 23 The klingons wouldn't use a human-based system (Objections to the theory)
- Objection: this stardate system makes stardates round numbers of Terran days,...
- 24 There aren't really any stardates below 1000 (Objections to the theory)
- Objection: this system has stardates starting at zero, but there hasn't ...
- 25 The 4 at the beginning of tng stardates means 24th century (Objections to the theory)
- Objection: the 4 at the beginning of TNG stardates is supposed to ...
- 26 It wasn't winter on stardate 44012.3 (Objections to the theory)
- Objection: in the fourth season ST:TNG episode Family, Picard visits ...
- 27 Riker's beard was four years old, but this system makes it five (Objections to the theory)
- Objection: in the seventh season ST:TNG episode The Pegasus, ...
- 28 This system gets sarek's age wrong (Objections to the theory)
- Objection: in the ST:TOS episode Journey to Babel, SD [19]3842....
- 29 Sisko said his wife died four years before stardate 47329.4 (Objections to the theory)
- Objection: in the second season ST:DS9 episode Second Sight (...
- 30 Stardate 49263.8 was an anniversary of the arrival of the emissary (Objections to the theory)
- Objection: in the fourth season ST:DS9 episode Starship Down (...
- 31 Stardates in the 30000s were 35 years before stardate 47254.1 (Objections to the theory)
- Objection: in the seventh season ST:TNG episode Dark Page (SD 47254.1),...
- 32 Obtaining the latest version of this faq (rec.arts.startrek.tech)
- This FAQ is posted to the USENET newsgroup rec.arts.startrek.tech every ...
- 33 Obtaining this faq in other formats (rec.arts.startrek.tech)
- The canonical version of this FAQ will always be the plain ASCII text version,...
- 34 Related material (rec.arts.startrek.tech)
- A stardate calculation computer program is available. To get the program ...
- 35 Contacting the author (rec.arts.startrek.tech)
- Comments on this FAQ are always welcome. Send email to
- 36 Acknowledgements (rec.arts.startrek.tech)
- Major thanks to Jason Hinson
- 37 History of the text (rec.arts.startrek.tech)
- Version 0.*...
- 38 Legal notice (rec.arts.startrek.tech)
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