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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?
Blathering mental disorder gas station
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
Silver Property Psychic
  01/05/26
...
Orange multi-colored field
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
Blathering mental disorder gas station
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
excitant dark stead
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
Frozen cerise sanctuary
  01/05/26
...
Slippery tattoo mood
  01/05/26
Cr
180 kink-friendly rigor
  01/05/26
...
Diverse hall
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
Ruby Aromatic Ticket Booth
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
Blathering mental disorder gas station
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
Ruby Aromatic Ticket Booth
  01/05/26
...
Azure Patrolman Point
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
Amethyst circlehead pit
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
Blathering mental disorder gas station
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
Amethyst circlehead pit
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
Yellow Library
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
Blathering mental disorder gas station
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
citrine bawdyhouse
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
Yellow Library
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
vigorous nowag state
  01/05/26
...
Slippery tattoo mood
  01/05/26
...
painfully honest electric legend filthpig
  01/05/26
...
jade boiling water
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
flesh galvanic theatre
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
contagious pale trust fund
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
Blathering mental disorder gas station
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
Indigo Trump Supporter Hospital
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
Blathering mental disorder gas station
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
Swashbuckling dysfunction
  01/05/26
Cr.
Cream Resort
  01/05/26
...
Abnormal Pistol
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
jade boiling water
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
Indigo Trump Supporter Hospital
  01/06/26
lol
jade boiling water
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
gold genital piercing set
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
idiotic lodge
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
jade boiling water
  01/07/26
...
jade boiling water
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: Blathering mental disorder gas station

Also--your time or their time?

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:15 PM
Author: Silver Property Psychic

your time eod 12am

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: Orange multi-colored field



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: Blathering mental disorder gas station

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=2most#49564561)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: excitant dark stead

“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=2most#49564839)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: Frozen cerise sanctuary

eod = midnight

cob = 1700

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: Slippery tattoo mood



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:51 PM
Author: 180 kink-friendly rigor

Cr

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:53 PM
Author: Diverse hall



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:19 PM
Author: Ruby Aromatic Ticket Booth

"When it's done"



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:21 PM
Author: Blathering mental disorder gas station

What if it's not done until after EOD?

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:26 PM
Author: Ruby Aromatic Ticket Booth

Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: Azure Patrolman Point



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: Amethyst circlehead pit

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

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:23 PM
Author: Blathering mental disorder gas station

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=2most#49564569)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: Amethyst circlehead pit

it depends on your office culture and who else is involved

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: Yellow Library

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=2most#49564576)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:31 PM
Author: Blathering mental disorder gas station

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=2most#49564589)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: citrine bawdyhouse

I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:42 PM
Author: Yellow Library

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=2most#49564645)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: vigorous nowag state

2pm if a scientist needs to review it

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: Slippery tattoo mood



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 5:06 PM
Author: painfully honest electric legend filthpig



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:45 PM
Author: jade boiling water



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: flesh galvanic theatre

usually means "within the hour"

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:44 PM
Author: contagious pale trust fund

9 or 10pm

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: Blathering mental disorder gas station

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=2most#49564680)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:47 PM
Author: Indigo Trump Supporter Hospital

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=2most#49564828)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 6:09 PM
Author: Blathering mental disorder gas station

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=2most#49565016)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 8:29 PM
Author: Swashbuckling dysfunction

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

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:26 PM
Author: Cream Resort

Cr.

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:44 PM
Author: Abnormal Pistol



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: jade boiling water

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=2most#49565681)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:13 PM
Author: Indigo Trump Supporter Hospital

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=2most#49567806)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:05 PM
Author: jade boiling water

lol

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: gold genital piercing set

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

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



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: idiotic lodge

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=2most#49567815)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: jade boiling water

You got it reversed

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



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Date: January 13th, 2026 10:42 PM
Author: jade boiling water



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