The glyphs labelled "introductory", "Baktun", "Katun", "Tun", "Uinal", "Kin", "SR", and "Haab" convey the Long Count date 9. 0. 10. 0. 0. 7 Ahau 3 Yaxkin.

The Long Count is a date expressed as: 1. the total number of days passed since the calendar count started; and, 2. the day arrived at after this many days. The baktun, katun, tun, uinal and kin glyphs give the number of days elapsed or completed; the SR names the day arrived at, and the Haab glyph shows the month it falls in and its position within that month.

Long Count dates usually were written in this standard format. The precise form and detail of each glyph may vary but the sequence rarely does except for the relative positions of the SR and the Haab; sometimes they are together, sometimes farther apart, but always after the baktun - kin series..

The count is from a day in our year 3114 BC. The precise day may be August 13 by our calendar. Scholars still debate this but usually only by a day or two.