2038

This article is about the year 2038.

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	2000s  2010s  2020s  – 2030s –  2040s  2050s  2060s
Years:	2035 2036 2037 – 2038 – 2039 2040 2041

2038 by topic:

Arts

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

Politics

Elections – Int'l leaders – State leaders – Sovereign states

Science and technology

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

Sports

Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Basketball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling (men, women) – Tennis – Rugby league

By place

Afghanistan – Algeria – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria - Azerbaijan – Bangladesh - Belgium - Brazil – Canada – Chile – China – Costa Rica – Croatia – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sweden – Turkey – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States - Vietnam

Other topics

Awards – Law – 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 other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2038 MMXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2791
Armenian calendar	1487 ԹՎ ՌՆՁԷ
Assyrian calendar	6788
Bahá'í calendar	194–195
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	1960–1961
- Kali Yuga	5139–5140
Holocene calendar	12038
Igbo calendar	1038–1039
Iranian calendar	1416–1417
Islamic calendar	1459–1460
Japanese calendar	Heisei 50 (平成５０年)
Juche calendar	127
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4371
Minguo calendar	ROC 127 民國127年
Thai solar calendar	2581
Unix time	2145916800–2177452799

2038 (MMXXXVIII) will be a common year starting on Friday (dominical letter C) 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 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 4 – Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's I Have a Dream Speech will enter the public domain.
• 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.

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

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.
• In the Ben 10 universe, the events of Ken 10 occur in this year beginning on Ken's 10th birthday (2007).
• The 2016 film Iron Sky: The Coming Race is set in this year, twenty years after Iron Sky.