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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.

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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.

    • Video games

  • The video game Hellgate: London takes place in this year.
  • The video game The Last of Us: Part II takes place in this year, five years after its predecessor.

    • 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.

    • In computing

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

    • References

    2038 Wikipedia
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