stardate

star +‎ date

stardate (plural stardates)

1. (science fiction) A date according to the fictional system of time measurement developed for Star Trek.
   • 1967, Star Trek, The Alternative Factor, season 1, episode 27, spoken by William Shatner:

     Captain's log, stardate 3087.6. While investigating an uncharted planet, the Enterprise and at least this entire quadrant of space, has been subjected to violent, unexplained stress and force.

   • 2009 May 30, Edward Rothstein, “The U.S.S. Enterprise, in Strange New World of Museum”, in New York Times‎:

     And to avoid any quantum entanglement, make sure that if you visit the show before it closes on the stardate equivalent to Sept. 20, your transporter is in working order.

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