Star Trek's stardates might look random, but they do have some meaning. 1 / 7
Roddenberry didn't want Star Trek pinned down to a time, so devised a new calendar. 2 / 7
Stardates were 4 digits, decimal point and a number indicating a tenth of a day. 3 / 7
These Stardates were further complicated when episodes were shown out of sequence. 4 / 7
TNG revolutionized the system, adding a century and season indicator to the time measure. 5 / 7
Voyager and Deep Space Nine retained this system. 6 / 7
However, the 2009 movie used something closer to the real-world calendar. 7 / 7