1942
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 1942 MCMXLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2695 |
| Armenian calendar | 1391 ԹՎ ՌՅՂԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6692 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 98–99 |
| Bengali calendar | 1349 |
| Berber calendar | 2892 |
| British Regnal year | 6 Geo. 6 – 7 Geo. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2486 |
| Burmese calendar | 1304 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7450–7451 |
| Chinese calendar |
辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4638 or 4578 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4639 or 4579 |
| Coptic calendar | 1658–1659 |
| Discordian calendar | 3108 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1934–1935 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5702–5703 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1998–1999 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1863–1864 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5042–5043 |
| Holocene calendar | 11942 |
| Igbo calendar | 942–943 |
| Iranian calendar | 1320–1321 |
| Islamic calendar | 1360–1361 |
| Japanese calendar |
Shōwa 17 (昭和１７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1872–1873 |
| Juche calendar | 31 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4275 |
| Minguo calendar |
ROC 31 民國31年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 474 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2485 |
1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (dominical letter D) of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade.
Below, events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
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