2038

• Comment: Please see the history of 2038. GTrang (talk) 23:33, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

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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 by topic:

Arts

Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Photo – Television – Video gaming

Politics

Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors

Science and technology

Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight

Sports

Badminton – Baseball – Basketball – Volleyball

By place

Afghanistan – Albania – Algeria – Angola – Antarctica – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – The Bahamas – Barbados – Belgium – Benin – Bhutan – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Brazil – Bulgaria – Burkina Faso – Burundi – Cambodia – Cameroon – Canada – Cape Verde – Central African Republic – Chad – Chile – China – Colombia – Costa Rica – Croatia – Cuba – Cyprus – Czechia – Denmark – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Estonia – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Gabon – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Guatemala – Hong Kong – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Ivory Coast – Japan – Kazakhstan – Kenya – Kuwait – Laos – Latvia – Libya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Macau – Madagascar – Malawi – Malaysia – Mali – Mexico – Moldova – Montenegro – Morocco – Mozambique – Myanmar – Nepal – Netherlands – New Zealand – Niger – Nigeria – North Korea – Norway – Oman – Pakistan – Palestine – Peru – Philippines – Poland – Portugal – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Saudi Arabia – Senegal – Serbia – Singapore – Slovakia – Slovenia – Somalia – South Africa – South Korea – South Sudan – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sudan – Sweden – Switzerland – Syria – Taiwan – Tanzania – Thailand – Turkey – Uganda – Ukraine – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Uruguay – Uzbekistan – Venezuela – Vietnam – Yemen – Zambia – Zimbabwe

Other topics

Religious leaders

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain

2038 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	2038 MMXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2791
Armenian calendar	1487 ԹՎ ՌՆՁԷ
Assyrian calendar	6788
Bahá'í 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) 4734 or 4674     — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4735 or 4675
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, the 2038th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 38th year of the 3rd millennium, the 38th year of the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2030s decade.

Predicted and scheduled events

January

• January 1 – Books, films and other works published in 1942 (including Casablanca and Disney's next two animated features Bambi and Saludos Amigos) will enter the public domain.
• January 5 – An annular solar eclipse will occur in the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and western Africa.
• January 19 – 03:14:08 UTC – 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 are to be declassified by the U.S. Government.
• April 25 – Easter will occur on its latest possible date. The last time this occurred was in 1943 and after 2038, the next time it will occur will be in 2190.

July

• July 2 – An annular solar eclipse will be visible in northern South America, the Atlantic Ocean, and Africa.

December

• December 26 – A solar eclipse will be seen in Australia and New Zealand.
• New Horizons passes 100 AU from the sun.

Date unknown

• The next triple ring plane crossing of Saturn will occur.
• Comet 9P/Tempel 1 will pass near the Earth.
• The 2038 FIFA World Cup will be held the location of which has not been determined.
• Australia's 250th anniversary is expected to happen.
• The 2038 Winter Olympics will be held in Switzerland.

References

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