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 (MMXXXVIII) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2038th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 38th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2030s decade.

Predicted and scheduled events

January

• January 5 – Annular solar eclipse in the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and western Africa.
• January 19 – 03:14:08 UTC – Year 2038 problem: A common computing representation of date and time will overflow, with potential results similar to the year 2000 problem.

April

• April 12 – Documents related to the NSA's PRISM program were to be declassified by the United States Government.
• April 25 – Easter occurs on its latest possible date. The last time this occurred was in 1943. After 2038, the next time this will occur will be in 2190.

July

• July 2 – Annular solar eclipse in northern South America, the Atlantic Ocean, and Africa.

December

• December 26 – Total solar eclipse in Australia and New Zealand.

Date unknown

• The next triple ring plane crossing of Saturn will occur.

In fiction

See: 21st century in fiction

In computing

• Year 2038 problem, an issue in computing and data storage, somewhat similar to the Year 2000 problem, due to an overflow in the 32-bit integer representation used in many systems.