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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?
arousing crotch
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
salmon temple
  01/05/26
...
Slippery Fuchsia Multi-billionaire Rigpig
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
arousing crotch
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
vigorous cream piazza
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
Laughsome crystalline principal's office
  01/05/26
...
effete khaki faggot firefighter pervert
  01/05/26
Cr
blathering stimulating base legend
  01/05/26
...
vibrant den
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
Fluffy Ticket Booth Wagecucks
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
arousing crotch
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
Fluffy Ticket Booth Wagecucks
  01/05/26
...
rusted maniacal police squad meetinghouse
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
embarrassed to the bone orchestra pit halford
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
arousing crotch
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
embarrassed to the bone orchestra pit halford
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
Jet-lagged shaky turdskin
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
arousing crotch
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
Diverse Amber Double Fault
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
Jet-lagged shaky turdskin
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
excitant maize library
  01/05/26
...
effete khaki faggot firefighter pervert
  01/05/26
...
Motley Cheese-eating Abode Gunner
  01/05/26
...
peach death wish
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
aromatic water buffalo
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
Drunken appetizing hospital windowlicker
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
arousing crotch
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
histrionic french toilet seat
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
arousing crotch
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
Erotic Crackhouse Digit Ratio
  01/05/26
Cr.
ruby philosopher-king circlehead
  01/05/26
...
brindle field community account
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
peach death wish
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
histrionic french toilet seat
  01/06/26
lol
peach death wish
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
sexy center immigrant
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
aggressive spruce property headpube
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
peach death wish
  01/07/26
...
peach death wish
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: arousing crotch

Also--your time or their time?

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:15 PM
Author: salmon temple

your time eod 12am

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: Slippery Fuchsia Multi-billionaire Rigpig



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: arousing crotch

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...id.#49564561)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: vigorous cream piazza

“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...id.#49564839)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: Laughsome crystalline principal's office

eod = midnight

cob = 1700

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: effete khaki faggot firefighter pervert



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:51 PM
Author: blathering stimulating base legend

Cr

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:53 PM
Author: vibrant den



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:19 PM
Author: Fluffy Ticket Booth Wagecucks

"When it's done"



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:21 PM
Author: arousing crotch

What if it's not done until after EOD?

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:26 PM
Author: Fluffy Ticket Booth Wagecucks

Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: rusted maniacal police squad meetinghouse



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone orchestra pit halford

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

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:23 PM
Author: arousing crotch

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...id.#49564569)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone orchestra pit halford

it depends on your office culture and who else is involved

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: Jet-lagged shaky turdskin

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...id.#49564576)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:31 PM
Author: arousing crotch

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...id.#49564589)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: Diverse Amber Double Fault

I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:42 PM
Author: Jet-lagged shaky turdskin

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...id.#49564645)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: excitant maize library

2pm if a scientist needs to review it

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: effete khaki faggot firefighter pervert



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 5:06 PM
Author: Motley Cheese-eating Abode Gunner



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:45 PM
Author: peach death wish



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: aromatic water buffalo

usually means "within the hour"

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:44 PM
Author: Drunken appetizing hospital windowlicker

9 or 10pm

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: arousing crotch

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...id.#49564680)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:47 PM
Author: histrionic french toilet seat

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...id.#49564828)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 6:09 PM
Author: arousing crotch

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...id.#49565016)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 8:29 PM
Author: Erotic Crackhouse Digit Ratio

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

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:26 PM
Author: ruby philosopher-king circlehead

Cr.

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:44 PM
Author: brindle field community account



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: peach death wish

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...id.#49565681)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:13 PM
Author: histrionic french toilet seat

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...id.#49567806)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:05 PM
Author: peach death wish

lol

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: sexy center immigrant

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

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



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: aggressive spruce property headpube

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...id.#49567815)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: peach death wish

You got it reversed

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



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Date: January 13th, 2026 10:42 PM
Author: peach death wish



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