CANON: Yes, there exist subspace beacons that emit a pulse that let everyone keep their clocks sync'd, regardless of where they are in the galaxy. That's Stardate.
META: Gene Roddenberry invented Stardate so he'd not have to specify when exactly Star Trek takes place. "Two or three hundred years from now" is the most he'd commit to in the 1960s.
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