What Year Does Skynet Go Online?

Skynet goes online in 1997.

According to the people from the future, here's the gist of what happened before the movies: Skynet launches the nukes to create Judgment Day in 1997. Kyle Reese is born in 2002. John Connor eventually leads the Resistance against Skynet and seemingly defeats it in 2029.

When did Skynet become self-aware 2020?

Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th.

What date is Judgement Day 2020?

While the year has been moved around several times in the various films, Judgment Day—the day that the artificial intelligence Skynet becomes self-aware and starts a nuclear strike killing three billion people around the world in the “Terminator” franchise—is today, August 29.