Ok, there are several traditions from around the world that point to the date, there are a handful that talk of an end but don't give a date just generic end time descriptions that seem to apply to now. But every few years we always find some reason to think the end is near.
In my opinion things are bad but they have to get a hell of a lot worse in two year for the world to end. They could but its doubtful. Admittedly there are some forces at work that could be moving us towards doom(obama among them) but based on current track records I don't think they can get their shit together enough to end the world.