2280s

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Timeline
Decades:	2250s - 2260s - 2270s - 2280s - 2290s - 2300s - 2310s (stardates ~8000 to ~8999, or 2280 to 2289, or reference stardates ~2/21 to ~2/26)
Centuries:	22nd century - 23rd century - 24th century

The 2280s was, on Earth's calendar, the ninth decade of the 23rd century. Some stardate systems have delineated this era ranging approximately from stardates 8000 to 8999.^[1] Another stardate system simply has this decade fall from stardates 2280 to 2289.^[2] The reference stardate system assigns stardate 2/26 to the end of this decade, which begins on approximately stardate 2/21 of that system.^[3]