Describes two different tropes: Exty Years From Now

Though related, they are different, and I think we should split them like we split Video Wills and The Tape Knew You Would Say That:

1. Making the date of something ambiguous by replacing one digit with "X".
2. Works of fiction set in that future set a round number of years from when they are made.

The former doesn't actually seem to be described by the body of the page, possibly making it a case of This Index Is Not an Example.

Agreed. Examples for two distinct tropes here.

Twenty Exty Six is currently a redirect - could become the new trope.

Year X has just been launched. Is there someone who would sort out the Exty Years from Now examples?

Update: Moved a bunch of examples over to Year X. The title of Exty Years from Now looks not so fitting now.

edited 28th Apr '11 8:49:35 PM by Prfnoff