What does "GD" stand for in the UED SCBW Cinematic?

[Adam_Ant]

To repeat the thread title, does anyone know what the "GD" stands for? A friend of mine and I were trying to figure it out. Here's a screenshot:

[Kimera757]

I believe that means "Galactic Date" but we've never been told.

[Gradius]

Assuming GD is Earth years, 872 GD is 1629 AD, some random arbitrary date of no significance as far as I can tell.

GD might be time based on another planet than Earth. It was 272 years since the UPL was founded, so GD could possibly be time since the UPL's founding on a planet that has a year roughly 1/3 of Earth's (no such planet exists in our solar system).

In other words: I have absolutely no idea.

[Sheliek]

Complete speculation on my part, but perhaps it is a propagandized version of the age of the UED. It is only around 300 years old at the time of the Brood War, but it is possible that the UED has been creating propaganda that says they are much older than they are. It's the only explanation that I can come up with regarding the date reading 872.

[MattII]

Why says 872GD refers to a date, it might refer to a place, much like 10DS would refer to 10 Downing street. Maybe 872GD refers to 872 Gladward Drive, or something like that.

[Kimera757]

If you check Stukov's birthday, it says the same thing (872 GD), but in the German version it's a different date.

[Kacaier]

It's definitely a date and not a location. And I assume the 'death' around 822 was a typo, and it meant 872, the current year.

[MattII]

It's definitely a date and not a location. And I assume the 'death' around 822 was a typo, and it meant 872, the current year.

Ah, okay. I guess it's pretty much propaganda then.

[trace wm]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1629

I had a feeling it might have had something to do with the Renaissance and the UPL deciding that human history really began during then... but the Renaissance started a few centuries before. :/

So, yeah, it maketh no sense.

[Adam_Ant]

Thanks for all the replies, everyone.