The Year 2038 problem, a digital time bomb, poses a serious risk to global digital stability. Many systems utilizing 32-bit integers to track time are at risk of overflowing on January 19, 2038, potentially leading to widespread failures in critical infrastructure such as banking and power grids. This issue, akin to the Y2K bug but potentially more disruptive, arises from the way systems store Unix time using 32-bit signed integers. The overflow is expected at 03:14:07 UTC on January 19, 2038, resetting dates to 1901 and posing threats to critical sectors like banking, aviation, medical equipment, and power grids. Despite being identified in 2006, legacy systems remain unpatched due to the high costs, technical complexities, and operational risks involved.