2008
2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
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| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 2008 MMVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2761 |
| Armenian calendar | 1457 ԹՎ ՌՆԾԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6758 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 164–165 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1929–1930 |
| Bengali calendar | 1415 |
| Berber calendar | 2958 |
| British Regnal year | 56 Eliz. 2 – 57 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2552 |
| Burmese calendar | 1370 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7516–7517 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 4705 or 4498 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 4706 or 4499 |
| Coptic calendar | 1724–1725 |
| Discordian calendar | 3174 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 2000–2001 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5768–5769 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2064–2065 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1929–1930 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5108–5109 |
| Holocene calendar | 12008 |
| Igbo calendar | 1008–1009 |
| Iranian calendar | 1386–1387 |
| Islamic calendar | 1428–1430 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 20 (平成２０年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1940–1941 |
| Juche calendar | 97 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4341 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 97 民國97年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 540 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2551 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 2134 or 1753 or 981 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 2135 or 1754 or 982 |
| Unix time | 1199145600 – 1230767999 |
| 2008 by topic |
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2008 was designated as:
- International Year of Languages
- International Year of Planet Earth
- International Year of the Potato
- International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued through the entirety of 2008.
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