2042
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
| Decades: | 2010s 2020s 2030s – 2040s – 2050s 2060s 2070s |
| Years: | 2039 2040 2041 – 2042 – 2043 2044 2045 |
| Gregorian calendar | 2042 MMXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2795 |
| Armenian calendar | 1491 ԹՎ ՌՆՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6792 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 198–199 |
| Bengali calendar | 1449 |
| Berber calendar | 2992 |
| British Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 2586 |
| Burmese calendar | 1404 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7550–7551 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4738 or 4678 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 4739 or 4679 |
| Coptic calendar | 1758–1759 |
| Discordian calendar | 3208 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2034–2035 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5802–5803 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2098–2099 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1964–1965 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5143–5144 |
| Holocene calendar | 12042 |
| Igbo calendar | 1042–1043 |
| Iranian calendar | 1420–1421 |
| Islamic calendar | 1464–1465 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 54 (平成５４年) |
| Juche calendar | 131 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4375 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 131 民國131年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2585 |
| Unix time | 2272147200–2303683199 |
2042 (MMXLII) will be a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar (dominical letter E), the 2042nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 42nd year of the 3rd millennium, the 42nd year of the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2040s decade.
Predicted and scheduled events
- April 30 – The Nickelodeon time capsule will be dug up.
- September 17 – A common computing representation of date and time on IBM mainframe systems will overflow with potential results similar to the year 2000 problem.
Date unknown
- According to the United States Census Bureau, Americans who identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino, African American, Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native American will collectively outnumber Whites of non-Hispanic origin.[1]
- World population is expected to reach 9 billion.
In fiction
- On the ABC series Defying Gravity, the mission to Mars took place in this year, ten years before the Antares Mission in 2052.
- The Japanese version of Snatcher, a graphic adventure game originally released in 1988, is set in December 2042. The English localization of Snatcher moved the setting to 2047.
- Under a Killing Moon, a graphic adventure game released in 1994 is set in December 2042.
- Paul Levinson's The Plot to Save Socrates starts in 2042, from which the novel's time traveling characters embark on what the title says.
In popular culture
- Waiting for 2042, a 2014 debut comedy album by Hari Kondabolu[2]
References
- ↑ Jennifer M. Ortman; Christine E. Guarneri, United States Population Projections: 2000 to 2050 (PDF).
- ↑ "Comedy Listings for March 14-20". The New York Times. March 13, 2014.