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06 Modified julian dates (Theories of stardates) |
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This article is from the Stardates in Star Trek FAQ, by Andrew Main zefram@dcs.warwick.ac.uk with numerous contributions by others.
It has been suggested in numerous places that stardates are actually Julian
dates, as used by 20th century astronomers, modulo 10000. This would make
each stardate unit exactly 24 hours. This works well at some points in Trek
history. Unfortunately, it makes the `five-year mission' some thirteen years
long.
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