> The bell system marks half hour increments of a 4-hour watch aboard ship > and not the time of day, though there is a rough correlation as you'll see. Note also the use of ship's bells in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. SuStel Stardate 99855.6 Oops! I mean, <Hov leng jav: Hatlh tu'lu'pu'be'bogh> bejlu'chugh, Duj buS 'In Qoylu'.