Stardates Explained - 20260116.0936

You don't understand the startdates?

Take, for example, 20260116.0936

Let me stick some spaces in some helpful places:

2026 01 16 . 09 36

That better?

20260116 means 16th January 2026, and 0936 is in 24-hour clock format, IE 9:36AM

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