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Old January 3rd, 2005, 01:38 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Gemini1999
I mean, Trek fans interpret the "stardate" reference so they can use it to get current dates out of it - it's not real, just a fictional reference.

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The idea of a stardate was to standardize time across Federation space with all member planets, systems following the "same calendar". Granted, it was an invention for a fictitious show.

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