2038

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.

• 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.^{[importance? ]}
• 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.^[1]

• April 12 – Documents related to the NSA's PRISM program are to be declassified by the U.S. Government.^[2]
• 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 2 – An annular solar eclipse will be visible in northern South America, the Atlantic Ocean, and Africa.^{[importance? ]}

• December 26 – A solar eclipse will be seen in Australia and New Zealand.^{[importance? ]}
• New Horizons passes 100 AU from the sun.^[3]

• The next triple ring plane crossing of Saturn will occur.^{[4] [5] [6]}
• Comet 9P/Tempel 1 will pass near the Earth.^[7]
• 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.

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