Pulling an all-nighter out of pure desire and pulling one out of need are different. If you're doing it out of desire, suck it up and deal with it the next day (just like drinking). If you're doing it out of need, something's wrong (again, just like drinking).

OP here. I completely agree.

When I said I had done them before, I was referring back to college before I had learned time management.

This late night was not my fault. Our dev server went down and so I could not begin work on the project until IT had it back up later on Sunday. We were shooting to get this project into QA today but that unfortunately didn't happen.

Thanks for the clarification. Since you are probably not as clearheaded as you'd like to be, here is a simple task: Print out this page, cut out the note below and give it to your boss, then go home and go to bed.

  +=====================================================+
  | To: trickjarrett's boss                             |
  |                                                     |
  | Please excuse trickjarrett for the rest of the day. |
  | He had to pull an all-nighter in order to get his   |
  | work done because the dev server was down.  He has  |
  | to get to sleep ASAP in order to preserve his       |
  | health as well as his ability to properly do his    |
  | job tomorrow.                                       |  
  |                                                     |  
  | Thank you,                                          |
  | edw519 D.D.  (Doctor of Data)                       |
  +=====================================================+

I appreciate the note, I'll be sure to use it