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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?
pea-brained navy space
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
Vivacious theater
  01/05/26
...
insane big dilemma
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
pea-brained navy space
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
razzmatazz crimson black woman
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
High-end Really Tough Guy Station
  01/05/26
...
racy yellow sandwich laser beams
  01/05/26
Cr
Hairless Provocative Tanning Salon
  01/05/26
...
Exhilarant tattoo
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
laughsome son of senegal
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
pea-brained navy space
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
laughsome son of senegal
  01/05/26
...
pungent sepia bawdyhouse
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
Histrionic effete corn cake public bath
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
pea-brained navy space
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
Histrionic effete corn cake public bath
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
Spectacular Primrose Sex Offender
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
pea-brained navy space
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
passionate rusted hall
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
Spectacular Primrose Sex Offender
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
Awkward site
  01/05/26
...
racy yellow sandwich laser beams
  01/05/26
...
purple institution
  01/05/26
...
galvanic locale
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
comical whorehouse place of business
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
fear-inspiring bateful dopamine
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
pea-brained navy space
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
Salmon mental disorder
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
pea-brained navy space
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
shimmering soul-stirring shrine internal respiration
  01/05/26
Cr.
smoky sanctuary
  01/05/26
...
Arrogant athletic conference
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
galvanic locale
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
Salmon mental disorder
  01/06/26
lol
galvanic locale
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
Twinkling liquid oxygen sweet tailpipe
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
Grizzly hideous generalized bond kitty
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
galvanic locale
  01/07/26
...
galvanic locale
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: pea-brained navy space

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: Vivacious theater

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: insane big dilemma



(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: pea-brained navy space

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: razzmatazz crimson black woman

“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: High-end Really Tough Guy Station

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: racy yellow sandwich laser beams



(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: Hairless Provocative Tanning Salon

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: Exhilarant tattoo



(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: laughsome son of senegal

"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: pea-brained navy space

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: laughsome son of senegal

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: pungent sepia bawdyhouse



(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: Histrionic effete corn cake public bath

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: pea-brained navy space

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: Histrionic effete corn cake public bath

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: Spectacular Primrose Sex Offender

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: pea-brained navy space

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: passionate rusted hall

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: Spectacular Primrose Sex Offender

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: Awkward site

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: racy yellow sandwich laser beams



(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: purple institution



(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: galvanic locale



(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: comical whorehouse place of business

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: fear-inspiring bateful dopamine

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: pea-brained navy space

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: Salmon mental disorder

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: pea-brained navy space

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: shimmering soul-stirring shrine internal respiration

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: smoky sanctuary

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: Arrogant athletic conference



(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: galvanic locale

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: Salmon mental disorder

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: galvanic locale

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: Twinkling liquid oxygen sweet tailpipe

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: Grizzly hideous generalized bond kitty

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: galvanic locale

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: galvanic locale



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