2038

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century 21st century 22nd century
Decades:	2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s
Years:	2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041

2038 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	2038 MMXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2791
Armenian calendar	1487 ԹՎ ՌՆՁԷ
Assyrian calendar	6788
Baháʼí calendar	194–195
Balinese saka calendar	1959–1960
Bengali calendar	1445
Berber calendar	2988
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2582
Burmese calendar	1400
Byzantine calendar	7546–7547
Chinese calendar	丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4735 or 4528     — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4736 or 4529
Coptic calendar	1754–1755
Discordian calendar	3204
Ethiopian calendar	2030–2031
Hebrew calendar	5798–5799
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2094–2095
- Shaka Samvat	1959–1960
- Kali Yuga	5138–5139
Holocene calendar	12038
Igbo calendar	1038–1039
Iranian calendar	1416–1417
Islamic calendar	1459–1460
Japanese calendar	Reiwa 20 (令和２０年)
Javanese calendar	1971–1972
Juche calendar	127
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4371
Minguo calendar	ROC 127 民國127年
Nanakshahi calendar	570
Thai solar calendar	2581
Tibetan calendar	阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 2164 or 1783 or 1011     — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 2165 or 1784 or 1012
Unix time	2145916800 – 2177452799

2038 (MMXXXVIII) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted events

• January 5 – Annular solar eclipse in the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and western Africa.
• January 19 03:14:07 – Year 2038 problem: A common computing representation of date and time will overflow, with potential results similar to the year 2000 problem.
• April 25 – Easter occurs on its latest possible date. The last time this occurred was in 1943.
• Summer – 26th FIFA World Cup. The current FIFA World Cup Trophy might be retired, having run out of slots in which to engrave the names of the winners.
• July 2 – Annular solar eclipse in northern South America, the Atlantic Ocean, and Africa.
• November 2 – United States Congressional elections
• December 26 – Total solar eclipse in Australia and New Zealand.
• It is suspected that sometime in or around this year, the GDP of China will exceed that of the United States.

Fictional events

Computer video games

• The Video game Hellgate: London takes place in this year.

Film and television

• According to Futurama, petroleum reserves run dry during this year.
• In V for Vendetta, the Palace of Westminster in London is destroyed by V on November 5.
• September – According to the film JFK, previously classified documents relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy will be released to the public. However, the actual date is 2017.
• The 1989 Japanese movie Gunhed takes place in this year.