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From: sjs4310@wucec2.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Stardate
Message-ID: <1409@wucec2.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 05:25:04 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 28 05:25:04 1986
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Reply-To: sjs4310@wucec2.UUCP (Steven Jeffrey Sittser)
Organization: Washington U. in St. Louis
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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?

I believe the official explanation is that a "stardate" (never "starday")
is of variable length, and, somehow, includes positional as well as
temporal information.  The variability is a result of warping all over the
galaxy at trans-light speeds, if I remember my tech manual correctly.

There are those who would say that the variability in stardate lengths is
due to carelessly inconsistant scriptwriters and editors, but they
are spoil-sports and will not be listened to.

						-SJS