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KXZ
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Member # 119

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We know that a standard Federation year is one Earth year. So when does a year start in relation to our years. Does Jan. 1 come the same day as it does in real life? Is it close? Or does a year on Star Trek start when the season starts?

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Krenim
Unholy Triangle Fella
Member # 22

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Theoretically, New Years should be on Stardate xx000.0, which would be the first episode of each season. However, seeing as how major crises arise during season finales/premieres, I would think that New Years would actually be feared by Federation citizens.

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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
Member # 33

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5...... 4...... 3...... 2...... 1.......

Time to run into the Bomb Shelter!!!!!!

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Montgomery
Reigning Supreme
Member # 23

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I think the turn of the new stardate number rests on January 1 on Earth. By this reckoning a stardate for today would be 99785.0 {1236 GMT}(breaking the year into 1000 bits)

Of course, the progression of these years is tied to TV seasons for us. So Trekkie New Year is actually September 8 (Original premiere date)

Let's see, it'll be 2376 in TV-land right now. It's 23and a bit completed days since Sept 8 dawned, so that works out to give 1200 GMT October 14th to be SD 53100.0 and that's the date i'd expect for a Voyager premiereing today.

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Elim Garak
Plain and simple
Member # 14

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It doesn't always start on September 8. DS9's "The Way of the Warrior" ended on stardate 49011 and was aired the last week of September.

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Aban Rune
Former ascended being
Member # 226

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Also factor in the fact that some seasons run right up into the new year like the Best of Both Worlds two parter while some seasons end some time before the end of the TV land calender year and pick up three months later like the last season of DS9 did.

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