Stardates Explained - 20260301.0736

You don't understand the startdates?

Take, for example, 20260301.0736

Let me stick some spaces in some helpful places:

2026 03 01 . 07 36

That better?

20260301 means 1st March 2026, and 0736 is in 24-hour clock format, IE 7:36AM

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