How does STO convert Earthdate to Stardate?

System · January 2011

Anyone how the answer how "STO" calculates this?

My 300-day Veteran Accolade .....

5th Jan 2011 = Stardate 88617.21 as per my log in game

Archived Post · January 2011

http://trekguide.com/Stardates.htm

Page down to the calculator that deals with the 24th century Stardates.

Archived Post · January 2011

i don't know how STO does it, but I did figure out my own method for my STO site which calculates the stardate just like the game does. Though my calculations are a bit complex.

I started by calculating the relationship between the game's stardates and actual date/time. I determined these as base dates:

Earth date = 5/27/2002 05:20:00
Stardate = 80000

I then converted the Earth base date and the current date/time into seconds (note this is all done using javascript). I then used this formula:

stardate = ((((secs - baseSecs)/1000)/60)/5)*0.009513655;

secs = current date/time converted into seconds
baseSecs = base earth date converted into seconds

that formula gives the stardate but you might need to round it to 2 decimal places