From 4a7fbb3bd32d2837178988abc6ae30eab6e01e5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Feanil Patel <feanil@axim.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 14:08:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore: Update default start date to January 1, 2040

Push this forward so things don't automatically in a few years for future courses.
---
 xmodule/course_metadata_utils.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/xmodule/course_metadata_utils.py b/xmodule/course_metadata_utils.py
index e0320e6043e7..7233598d15b5 100644
--- a/xmodule/course_metadata_utils.py
+++ b/xmodule/course_metadata_utils.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 
 
-DEFAULT_START_DATE = datetime(2030, 1, 1, tzinfo=ZoneInfo("UTC"))
+DEFAULT_START_DATE = datetime(2040, 1, 1, tzinfo=ZoneInfo("UTC"))
 
 """
 Default grading policy for a course run.