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From: pmm1920@ritcv.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Stardate
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Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 16:14:37 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 25 16:14:37 1986
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Keywords: stardate, calendar

In article <391@ur-tut.UUCP> scco@ur-tut.UUCP (Sean Colbath) writes:
>In article <593@bentley.UUCP> kwh@bentley.UUCP (KW Heuer) writes:
>>How long is a "starday", i.e. the difference between Stardate 1234.0
>>and Stardate 1235.0?  I suspect it's inconsistent (someone once told
>>me that the first digit is the number of seasons the show has been on),
>>but can someone find an "official" definition?
>>Karl W. Z. Heuer (ihnp4!bentley!kwh), The Walking Lint
>
>I don't know about "official" definition (as a matter of fact, I seem
>to remember several stardates being "re-used"), but an old Star Trek
>Calendar I have (circa 72-73?) used a neat system:  All the dates on
>the calendar were "stardates" in the format YYMM.DD.  Therefore, the
>stardate today would be 8602.24...
>

Then how do you explain when Captain Kirk makes two entries into his log
on the same day and they are different (the last two numbers) ?
Also, wouldn't it get confusing after the system was around for 100 years
or more?  Remember, Vulcans live longer and this might confuse them!
(PLEASE! No flames on this comment.  It is a joke! Ha! Ha!)

					Paul Meyerhofer