Friends, it's Tuesday, June 30, and it's time to claim your leap second.
The Earth's rotation is slowing down and it's making our watches fall out of sync with astronomical time. So to fix the problem, scientists have decided the last minute of Tuesday will have 61 seconds instead of the usual 60.
What to do with the extra moment? You could spend it on John Oliver's epic website spendyourleapsecondhere.com, and waste the time away with randomly selected one-second videos. But let's face it, the Internet's probably going to melt down tonight as servers fail to handle the extra second. After all, it happened last time.
Nervous about the Leap Second.— Andy Piper (@andypiper) June 30, 2015
Here are some offline ways you could spend that free time. Pro tip: Print this out and save it for later, just in case.
1. Text your mom, there's not enough time to call her.
2. Sneak another beverage into your Tuesday.
As always, I celebrate my leap seconds with very tiny bottles of champagne.— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) June 28, 2015
3. Take an intentionally long deep breath or an unintentionally deep sigh.
4. Eat another slice of pie.
I just found out that my birthday, will have a leap second. If I eat an extra piece of cake during that second, do the calories count?— Larry Magid (@larrymagid) June 29, 2015
5. Ask Doug in HR to add that extra second to your vacation time.
6. Think happy thoughts.
No, I'm sure the F-35 combat systems will handle the leap second, why do you ask?— Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian) June 30, 2015
7. Film it, and one day you could be a Ted Talk star.
8. Release the smartphone from your clammy grip, the Internet's in a death spiral anyway.
9. Do nothing, absolutely nothing.
What to do. I have no plans for the leap second this year.— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) June 29, 2015
10. Sleep through it.
Tomorrow is supposed to have a "leap second", so obviously I'm gonna use that to sleep in— Greg Johnson (@GregJohnson23) June 29, 2015
Looking forward to my extra leap second of sleep.— Abby Easterling (@stbernardlady) June 30, 2015
11. If you were born on a leap second, celebrate your very rare birthday.
12. Save that second for later.
I'm not using my leap second. Putting it in my timecube for future use.— Brent (@Hoos1492) June 29, 2015
13. Jump up, jump down.
There's a leap second tomorrow! Let's all leap Tuesday night at midnight!— Kathryn Aldridge (@KathrynRambles) June 29, 2015
14. Shake your fist at the sky. After all, it's the moon's fault we're in this situation.
15. Remember that time is a flat circle.
I will spend my leap second still thinking about how I should spend my leap second.— Shane (@myemptythoughts) June 29, 2015
16. Sit back and watch the world burn.
My NTP server is all primed for tomorrow's leap second. In 24 hours I will be sitting in front of the console with a bowl of popcorn.— Deborah Pickett (@futzle) June 29, 2015
A photo posted by Majest Akbar Tanjung (@majestakbar) on Jun 29, 2015 at 4:36pm PDT