STARDATES

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At 00:00:00 hours January 1, 2323, a new Stardate system came into use. Under this new system, 1000 Stardates equals
one Earth year, or 365.2425 days (8765.82 hours). One SD equals 8 hours 45.95 minutes. This standard now defines the
length of a ship's crew shift, with a standard ship's day being 3 Stardates, or 26 hours 17.85 minutes. This time period
happens to be closer to the Human Circadian rhythm than Earth's actual 24 hour day.
Stardate 00000.000 was 00:00:00 UCT 01/01/2323. Taking the year 2376, a leap year, as an example, SD 53000.000, the
ship's official New Year, is actually 17:27:36 Universal Coordinated Time, 01/01/2376. Holidays are celebrated on
board ship beginning at the start of the shift closest to midnight UCT of that day, with the exception of the New Year
which is fixed to the XX000.00 mark; and certain religious holidays, the observance of which is tied to the time at a
particular geographical location.
Stardate Conversions for the Year 2376
Stardate
52997.973
53000.000
53000.711
53082.053
53159.466
53162.204
53247.080
53250.000
53329.217
53414.092
53498.968
53500.000
53583.843
53668.718
53680.000
53748.118
53750.000
53832.993
53915.130
53980.840
53981.000
54000.000

Date
January 1
January 1
January 2
February 1
February 29
March 1
April 1
April 2
May 1
June 1
July 1
July 1
August 1
September 1
September 5
October 1
October 1
November 1
December 1
December 25
December 25
January 1

Time (UCT)
00:00:00
17:27:36
00:00:00
00:00:00
00:00:00
00:00:00
00:00:00
01:35:06
00:00:00
00:00:00
00:00:00
09:02:46
00:00:00
00:00:00
02:01:30
00:00:00
16:27:42
00:00:00
00:00:00
00:00:00
01:24:09
00:00:00

Notes
New Year 2376, UCT Earth
Ship's New Year

Intercalary day, Earth

point of ship's year

point of ship's year

Bajor joins Federation

point of ship's year

Christmas, Earth
Ship's Christmas
New Year 2377, Earth
Ship's New Year

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