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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?
provocative filthpig
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
Spectacular dull internal respiration kitty cat
  01/05/26
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Fiercely-loyal vibrant foreskin
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
provocative filthpig
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
titillating cheese-eating library
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
Splenetic heady business firm roast beef
  01/05/26
...
angry half-breed
  01/05/26
Cr
Floppy plaza indirect expression
  01/05/26
...
big smoky wrinkle senate
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
Emerald macaca
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
provocative filthpig
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
Emerald macaca
  01/05/26
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overrated bespoke theatre
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
disrespectful opaque dingle berry
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
provocative filthpig
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
disrespectful opaque dingle berry
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
Aqua cracking reading party
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
provocative filthpig
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
poppy dashing genital piercing community account
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
Aqua cracking reading party
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
Flesh laughsome pervert
  01/05/26
...
angry half-breed
  01/05/26
...
Confused 180 gas station windowlicker
  01/05/26
...
light hunting ground
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
cocky dark private investor
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
turquoise self-absorbed abode hissy fit
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
provocative filthpig
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
Galvanic temple famous landscape painting
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
provocative filthpig
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
Sickened stirring cumskin
  01/05/26
Cr.
magenta crackhouse french chef
  01/05/26
...
aromatic corner friendly grandma
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
light hunting ground
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
Galvanic temple famous landscape painting
  01/06/26
lol
;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
umber sanctuary skinny woman
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
Stimulating field
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;
  01/07/26
...
;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: provocative filthpig

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: Spectacular dull internal respiration kitty cat

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: Fiercely-loyal vibrant foreskin



(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: provocative filthpig

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: titillating cheese-eating library

“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: Splenetic heady business firm roast beef

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: angry half-breed



(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: Floppy plaza indirect expression

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: big smoky wrinkle senate



(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: Emerald macaca

"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: provocative filthpig

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: Emerald macaca

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: overrated bespoke theatre



(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: disrespectful opaque dingle berry

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: provocative filthpig

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: disrespectful opaque dingle berry

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: Aqua cracking reading party

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: provocative filthpig

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: poppy dashing genital piercing community account

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: Aqua cracking reading party

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: Flesh laughsome pervert

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: angry half-breed



(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: Confused 180 gas station windowlicker



(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: light hunting ground



(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: cocky dark private investor

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: turquoise self-absorbed abode hissy fit

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: provocative filthpig

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: Galvanic temple famous landscape painting

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: provocative filthpig

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: Sickened stirring cumskin

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: magenta crackhouse french chef

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: aromatic corner friendly grandma



(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: light hunting ground

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: Galvanic temple famous landscape painting

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: ;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;


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: umber sanctuary skinny woman

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: Stimulating field

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: ;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;


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: ;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;




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