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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?
spectacular harsh business firm volcanic crater
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
Useless party of the first part native
  01/05/26
...
plum cumskin area
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
spectacular harsh business firm volcanic crater
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
Painfully Honest Ocher Main People
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
Opaque half-breed
  01/05/26
...
Cobalt patrolman ape
  01/05/26
Cr
Swashbuckling indian lodge water buffalo
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Beta violent sweet tailpipe knife
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
bisexual puppy stage
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
spectacular harsh business firm volcanic crater
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
bisexual puppy stage
  01/05/26
...
silver soggy office cuckoldry
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
Diverse Confused Nowag
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
spectacular harsh business firm volcanic crater
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
Diverse Confused Nowag
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
fragrant apoplectic reading party meetinghouse
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
spectacular harsh business firm volcanic crater
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
Misunderstood mentally impaired orchestra pit useless brakes
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
fragrant apoplectic reading party meetinghouse
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
irate crystalline set
  01/05/26
...
Cobalt patrolman ape
  01/05/26
...
angry community account coldplay fan
  01/05/26
...
Sable nursing home sex offender
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
aqua site
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
galvanic flickering piazza striped hyena
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
spectacular harsh business firm volcanic crater
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
Sooty Histrionic Hominid
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
spectacular harsh business firm volcanic crater
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
Vigorous property jew
  01/05/26
Cr.
gay house-broken parlour
  01/05/26
...
coral beady-eyed menage idea he suggested
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
Sable nursing home sex offender
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
Sooty Histrionic Hominid
  01/06/26
lol
Sable nursing home sex offender
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
mint hateful casino
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
Pea-brained Contagious Halford
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
Sable nursing home sex offender
  01/07/26
...
Sable nursing home sex offender
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: spectacular harsh business firm volcanic crater

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: Useless party of the first part native

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: plum cumskin area



(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: spectacular harsh business firm volcanic crater

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: Painfully Honest Ocher Main People

“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: Opaque half-breed

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: Cobalt patrolman ape



(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: Swashbuckling indian lodge water buffalo

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: Beta violent sweet tailpipe knife



(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: bisexual puppy stage

"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: spectacular harsh business firm volcanic crater

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: bisexual puppy stage

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: silver soggy office cuckoldry



(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: Diverse Confused Nowag

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: spectacular harsh business firm volcanic crater

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: Diverse Confused Nowag

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: fragrant apoplectic reading party meetinghouse

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: spectacular harsh business firm volcanic crater

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: Misunderstood mentally impaired orchestra pit useless brakes

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: fragrant apoplectic reading party meetinghouse

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: irate crystalline set

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: Cobalt patrolman ape



(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: angry community account coldplay fan



(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: Sable nursing home sex offender



(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: aqua site

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: galvanic flickering piazza striped hyena

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: spectacular harsh business firm volcanic crater

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: Sooty Histrionic Hominid

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: spectacular harsh business firm volcanic crater

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: Vigorous property jew

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: gay house-broken parlour

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: coral beady-eyed menage idea he suggested



(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: Sable nursing home sex offender

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: Sooty Histrionic Hominid

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: Sable nursing home sex offender

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: mint hateful casino

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: Pea-brained Contagious Halford

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: Sable nursing home sex offender

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: Sable nursing home sex offender



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