Stardates Explained - 20251009.0922

You don't understand the startdates?

Take, for example, 20251009.0922

Let me stick some spaces in some helpful places:

2025 10 09 . 09 22

That better?

20251009 means 9th October 2025, and 0922 is in 24-hour clock format, IE 9:22AM

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