Stardates Explained - 20251207.0359

You don't understand the startdates?

Take, for example, 20251207.0359

Let me stick some spaces in some helpful places:

2025 12 07 . 03 59

That better?

20251207 means 7th December 2025, and 0359 is in 24-hour clock format, IE 3:59AM

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