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Poll: Draft by "End of Day" Means 5 pm, 8 pm, midnight, 9 am next day?

Also--your time or their time?
low-t garrison pistol
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
flatulent mischievous house
  01/05/26
...
bright thriller institution associate
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
low-t garrison pistol
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
stimulating mewling water buffalo menage
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
Dashing Parlor Circlehead
  01/05/26
...
Aromatic yellow indian lodge roommate
  01/05/26
Cr
Lascivious avocado den
  01/05/26
...
pale free-loading market
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
Brass hateful selfie
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
low-t garrison pistol
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
Brass hateful selfie
  01/05/26
...
Maroon seedy office main people
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
curious ruby corner
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
low-t garrison pistol
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
curious ruby corner
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
scarlet provocative dragon
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
low-t garrison pistol
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
buff vigorous kitty cat address
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
scarlet provocative dragon
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
french out-of-control chapel place of business
  01/05/26
...
Aromatic yellow indian lodge roommate
  01/05/26
...
charismatic topaz indirect expression police squad
  01/05/26
...
fragrant nubile pisswyrm library
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
Excitant native sex offender
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
180 chrome mental disorder space
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
low-t garrison pistol
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
Jet-lagged pervert
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
low-t garrison pistol
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
Impressive dilemma sandwich
  01/05/26
Cr.
odious stag film
  01/05/26
...
Talented Codepig
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
fragrant nubile pisswyrm library
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
Jet-lagged pervert
  01/06/26
lol
fragrant nubile pisswyrm library
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
pea-brained foreskin
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
tan mildly autistic genital piercing
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
fragrant nubile pisswyrm library
  01/07/26
...
fragrant nubile pisswyrm library
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: low-t garrison pistol

Also--your time or their time?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564535)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:15 PM
Author: flatulent mischievous house

your time eod 12am

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564546)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: bright thriller institution associate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564549)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: low-t garrison pistol

Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the people waiting on the draft are going to do another turn in the wee hours of the morning. So, at that point, what's the differences with doing (and billing for) a few more hours and sending it at 3 am?

And at that point, what's the difference with waiting to send it at 7 or 8 am, before the next workday starts?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564561)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: stimulating mewling water buffalo menage

“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people waiting on the draft are going to do another turn in the wee hours of the morning.”

what kind of penny-ante hobbyists are you working across from?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564839)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: Dashing Parlor Circlehead

eod = midnight

cob = 1700

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564552)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: Aromatic yellow indian lodge roommate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564562)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:51 PM
Author: Lascivious avocado den

Cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564673)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:53 PM
Author: pale free-loading market



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564678)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:19 PM
Author: Brass hateful selfie

"When it's done"



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564555)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:21 PM
Author: low-t garrison pistol

What if it's not done until after EOD?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564564)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:26 PM
Author: Brass hateful selfie

Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564579)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: Maroon seedy office main people



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49565826)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: curious ruby corner

depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? like 2pm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564560)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:23 PM
Author: low-t garrison pistol

Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule.

For other work, I don't want to scramble to get things done by 2 pm--especially because it means I might get the next round of comments back the same day. I want to chill while things build up throughout the day, then scramble through several things between about 4:30 and 5:20.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564569)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: curious ruby corner

it depends on your office culture and who else is involved

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564624)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: scarlet provocative dragon

Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more appreciated because it lets others bill easy hours before bed. Inhouse 2 pm is only west coast with east coast audience but most people specify “COB” and that means get it out by 4 your time so others have the option of reviewing before they leave to pick up their kids or after they put their kids to bed (they won’t actually review or respond for at least a week).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564576)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:31 PM
Author: low-t garrison pistol

Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone wants to review it that day, they should say so and specify a time. People get jammed up with meetings, multiple agreements to review, poasts to make, etc.

Absolutely CR re "they won’t actually review or respond for at least a week," btw. There are two times for responses--5 minutes after you send and late next week.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564589)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: buff vigorous kitty cat address

I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564630)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:42 PM
Author: scarlet provocative dragon

Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend that they are hardworking and for you to pass your own self-imposed shit test. But the logic of this makes sense the more exposure you have to senior execs/SVPs and other managers of managers who are running large organizations. Most of what they do is at least partially performative.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564645)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: french out-of-control chapel place of business

2pm if a scientist needs to review it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564577)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: Aromatic yellow indian lodge roommate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564629)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 5:06 PM
Author: charismatic topaz indirect expression police squad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564881)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:45 PM
Author: fragrant nubile pisswyrm library



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49565722)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: Excitant native sex offender

usually means "within the hour"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564613)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:44 PM
Author: 180 chrome mental disorder space

9 or 10pm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564647)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: low-t garrison pistol

Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after the kids go to bed. So, getting the draft out before I go to bed matches the EOD and my schedule better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564680)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:47 PM
Author: Jet-lagged pervert

It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zone if the person is either important or a client. In other cases it means before they log on the next morning.

Worst thing you can do is send it early enough to get comments back that night, after you’ve rushed to get it out, screwed off online for 90 mins to recuperate, and finally turned to the other work you were supposed to get done yesterday/today/last week.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49564828)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 6:09 PM
Author: low-t garrison pistol

What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, requestor is on east coast?

In either of those cases, it should mean before they log on the next morning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49565016)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 8:29 PM
Author: Impressive dilemma sandwich

in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49565377)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:26 PM
Author: odious stag film

Cr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49565691)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:44 PM
Author: Talented Codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49565821)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: fragrant nubile pisswyrm library

More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you go to bed and before I wake up.” But you better gird your ass if you misjudge that and get a “Where is the draft?” at 4 am.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49565681)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:13 PM
Author: Jet-lagged pervert

There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of that 4am email

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49567806)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:05 PM
Author: fragrant nubile pisswyrm library

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49569664)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: pea-brained foreskin

At the end of the day, what does it matter?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49565824)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: tan mildly autistic genital piercing

close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by midnight for biglaw and by tomorrow dawn for mid-tier firms.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49567815)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: fragrant nubile pisswyrm library

You got it reversed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49569669)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 10:42 PM
Author: fragrant nubile pisswyrm library



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2:#49587793)