When asked about the time of His return, Jesus said, "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." Matt 24:36 In the Doctrine and Covenants, we also have this from Joseph Smith: "14 I was once praying very earnestly to know the time of the coming of the Son of Man, when I heard a voice repeat the following: "15 Joseph, my son, if thou livest until thou art eighty-five years old, thou shalt see the face of the Son of Man; therefore let this suffice, and trouble me no more on this matter. "16 I was left thus, without being able to decide whether this coming referred to the beginning of the millennium or to some previous appearing, or whether I should die and thus see his face. "17 I believe the coming of the Son of Man will not be any sooner than that time." Many people have tried to use this revelation to show that Joseph Smith was not a prophet because Jesus did not return in 1890 (the year Joseph would have been 85 years old). However, those people have to ignore the rest of what Joseph wrote here, which was essentially, "I don't don't know what this means." So, no we don't believe that we can set a date for the second coming. Only the Father knows when that will be and He is not giving us any specific information about the date of that very important event. Like the rest of the world we just have to watch for the signs and live our lives in the best way that we can. Thus, when He does return, we will be ready to greet Him.

No, of course not. That’s God’s job. However, God could certainly reveal the date to His prophets, if that turns out to be part of His plan. Many people—Latter-day Saints included—cite the fact that the Savior stated, “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man,” etc. (Mark 13:32, http://tinyurl.com/6qdwu5 ). However, I find it interesting that He never says “But of that day and that hour WILL know no man.” If God feels like telling us, that’s totally His prerogative. (But no, we don’t claim to know the date of the Second Coming. That would be pretty foolhardy, in the absence of any word from God on the subject.)

No, we do not believe that we can set a date for the second coming of Jesus. It is part of the church's purpose to help people prepare for that day, however. Has he set a date? Will he make that date? If I haven't screwed things up for him, then maybe yes, and I hope to see him, sooner or later.

No. Christ has not revealed the time of his return. I think you may be confused with the Jehovah's Witnesses that can't seem to restrain themselves from predicting the date of his return, which leads them to looking rather foolish when he doesn't show up.

This notion probably stems from Joseph Smith's prophesy in 1835 that the second coming of Jesus would occur within 56 years. "President Smith then stated that the meeting had been called, because God had commanded it; and it was made known to him by vision and by the Holy Spirit. He then gave a relation of some of the circumstances attending us while journeying to Zion--our trials, sufferings; and said God had not designed all this for nothing, but He had it in remembrance yet; and it was the will of God that those who went to Zion, with a determination to lay down their lives, if necessary, should be ordained to the ministry, and go forth to prune the vineyard for the last time, or the coming of the Lord, which was nigh--even fifty-six years should wind up the scene." (History of the Church, Vol. 2:189)

Joseph Smith also prophsied in 1832 about cataclysms in "not many days hence." "For not many days hence and the earth shall tremble and reel to and fro as a drunken man; and the sun shall hide his face, and shall refuse to give light; and the moon shall be bathed in blood; and the stars shall become exceedingly angry, and shall cast themselves down as a fig that falleth from off a fig-tree," (Doctrine and Covenants 88:87)

Actually YES! I believe any Mormon can set a date for the second coming. However, if you mean, can we predict the CORRECT date, the answer is NO! As has been explained before, even Jesus Christ himself does not know that date. Or at least he didn't while he was talking to Joseph Smith in the 1800's AD. So if anyone tries to set a date for that event, they have a 50-50 chance of being right! But I wouldn't bet on it...lATER

The correct answer is "42" . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_the_Ultimate_Question_of_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything#Answer_to_Life.2C_the_Universe.2C_and_Everything_.2842.29 . Thank you for asking.

No. we believe that we are in the last dispensation or the latter days of the world but no one not even our prophet Thomas S. Monson knows when that day will come. But we as Mormons have been told signs of the times and signs that will tell and show when it is getting closer. Some of them have already come to pass. But there are still many more that have yet to come to pass.