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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?
Fluffy native
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
curious pisswyrm
  01/05/26
...
Massive Address Mad Cow Disease
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
Fluffy native
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
wine ticket booth
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
aphrodisiac honey-headed death wish kitty cat
  01/05/26
...
amethyst stirring house prole
  01/05/26
Cr
hairraiser dun national security agency pit
  01/05/26
...
rebellious state striped hyena
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
Chartreuse tanning salon
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
Fluffy native
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
Chartreuse tanning salon
  01/05/26
...
Big frum market
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
Aromatic jewess
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
Fluffy native
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
Aromatic jewess
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
excitant coiffed genital piercing ladyboy
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
Fluffy native
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
slimy parlour
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
excitant coiffed genital piercing ladyboy
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
rose office
  01/05/26
...
amethyst stirring house prole
  01/05/26
...
Onyx Church Building
  01/05/26
...
ruddy principal's office
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
Flickering therapy
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
Sienna Duck-like Locale Scourge Upon The Earth
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
Fluffy native
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
Charismatic angry keepsake machete
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
Fluffy native
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
Gaped Indian Lodge Trump Supporter
  01/05/26
Cr.
titillating really tough guy
  01/05/26
...
Soul-stirring place of business stage
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
ruddy principal's office
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
Charismatic angry keepsake machete
  01/06/26
lol
ruddy principal's office
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
Spectacular Violent Step-uncle's House People Who Are Hurt
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
drunken menage
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
ruddy principal's office
  01/07/26
...
ruddy principal's office
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: Fluffy native

Also--your time or their time?

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:15 PM
Author: curious pisswyrm

your time eod 12am

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: Massive Address Mad Cow Disease



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: Fluffy native

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=2E#49564561)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: wine ticket booth

“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=2E#49564839)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: aphrodisiac honey-headed death wish kitty cat

eod = midnight

cob = 1700

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: amethyst stirring house prole



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:51 PM
Author: hairraiser dun national security agency pit

Cr

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:53 PM
Author: rebellious state striped hyena



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:19 PM
Author: Chartreuse tanning salon

"When it's done"



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:21 PM
Author: Fluffy native

What if it's not done until after EOD?

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:26 PM
Author: Chartreuse tanning salon

Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: Big frum market



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: Aromatic jewess

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

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:23 PM
Author: Fluffy native

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=2E#49564569)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: Aromatic jewess

it depends on your office culture and who else is involved

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: excitant coiffed genital piercing ladyboy

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=2E#49564576)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:31 PM
Author: Fluffy native

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=2E#49564589)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: slimy parlour

I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:42 PM
Author: excitant coiffed genital piercing ladyboy

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=2E#49564645)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: rose office

2pm if a scientist needs to review it

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: amethyst stirring house prole



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 5:06 PM
Author: Onyx Church Building



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:45 PM
Author: ruddy principal's office



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: Flickering therapy

usually means "within the hour"

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:44 PM
Author: Sienna Duck-like Locale Scourge Upon The Earth

9 or 10pm

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: Fluffy native

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=2E#49564680)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:47 PM
Author: Charismatic angry keepsake machete

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=2E#49564828)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 6:09 PM
Author: Fluffy native

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=2E#49565016)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 8:29 PM
Author: Gaped Indian Lodge Trump Supporter

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

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:26 PM
Author: titillating really tough guy

Cr.

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:44 PM
Author: Soul-stirring place of business stage



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: ruddy principal's office

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=2E#49565681)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:13 PM
Author: Charismatic angry keepsake machete

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=2E#49567806)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:05 PM
Author: ruddy principal's office

lol

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: Spectacular Violent Step-uncle's House People Who Are Hurt

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

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



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: drunken menage

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=2E#49567815)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: ruddy principal's office

You got it reversed

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



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Date: January 13th, 2026 10:42 PM
Author: ruddy principal's office



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