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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?
Submissive Theater Stage Philosopher-king
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
massive floppy church knife
  01/05/26
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Disturbing Wine Business Firm Crotch
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
Submissive Theater Stage Philosopher-king
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
Supple alpha national
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
razzle private investor
  01/05/26
...
frisky slimy sweet tailpipe
  01/05/26
Cr
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charismatic national security agency location
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
Beady-eyed onyx pozpig stag film
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
Submissive Theater Stage Philosopher-king
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
Beady-eyed onyx pozpig stag film
  01/05/26
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magenta coiffed field rigpig
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
Orchid Tanning Salon
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
Submissive Theater Stage Philosopher-king
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
Orchid Tanning Salon
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
Histrionic offensive orchestra pit pocket flask
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
Submissive Theater Stage Philosopher-king
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
curious scarlet native
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
Histrionic offensive orchestra pit pocket flask
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
khaki wrinkle ladyboy
  01/05/26
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frisky slimy sweet tailpipe
  01/05/26
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Provocative foreskin locale
  01/05/26
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galvanic high-end police squad area
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
Heady Pearly Point
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
flesh talking affirmative action
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
Submissive Theater Stage Philosopher-king
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
Gold sandwich
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
Submissive Theater Stage Philosopher-king
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
Exhilarant Buff Filthpig
  01/05/26
Cr.
boyish marketing idea heaven
  01/05/26
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lilac abode love of her life
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
galvanic high-end police squad area
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
Gold sandwich
  01/06/26
lol
galvanic high-end police squad area
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
Mahogany resort roast beef
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
appetizing center
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
galvanic high-end police squad area
  01/07/26
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galvanic high-end police squad area
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: Submissive Theater Stage Philosopher-king

Also--your time or their time?

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:15 PM
Author: massive floppy church knife

your time eod 12am

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: Disturbing Wine Business Firm Crotch



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: Submissive Theater Stage Philosopher-king

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=2Ã#49564561)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: Supple alpha national

“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=2Ã#49564839)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: razzle private investor

eod = midnight

cob = 1700

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: frisky slimy sweet tailpipe



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:51 PM
Author: electric gas station

Cr

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:53 PM
Author: charismatic national security agency location



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:19 PM
Author: Beady-eyed onyx pozpig stag film

"When it's done"



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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:21 PM
Author: Submissive Theater Stage Philosopher-king

What if it's not done until after EOD?

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:26 PM
Author: Beady-eyed onyx pozpig stag film

Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: magenta coiffed field rigpig



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: Orchid Tanning Salon

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

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:23 PM
Author: Submissive Theater Stage Philosopher-king

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=2Ã#49564569)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: Orchid Tanning Salon

it depends on your office culture and who else is involved

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: Histrionic offensive orchestra pit pocket flask

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=2Ã#49564576)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:31 PM
Author: Submissive Theater Stage Philosopher-king

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=2Ã#49564589)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: curious scarlet native

I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:42 PM
Author: Histrionic offensive orchestra pit pocket flask

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=2Ã#49564645)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: khaki wrinkle ladyboy

2pm if a scientist needs to review it

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: frisky slimy sweet tailpipe



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Date: January 5th, 2026 5:06 PM
Author: Provocative foreskin locale



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:45 PM
Author: galvanic high-end police squad area



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: Heady Pearly Point

usually means "within the hour"

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:44 PM
Author: flesh talking affirmative action

9 or 10pm

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: Submissive Theater Stage Philosopher-king

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=2Ã#49564680)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:47 PM
Author: Gold sandwich

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=2Ã#49564828)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 6:09 PM
Author: Submissive Theater Stage Philosopher-king

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=2Ã#49565016)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 8:29 PM
Author: Exhilarant Buff Filthpig

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

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



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:26 PM
Author: boyish marketing idea heaven

Cr.

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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:44 PM
Author: lilac abode love of her life



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: galvanic high-end police squad area

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=2Ã#49565681)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:13 PM
Author: Gold sandwich

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=2Ã#49567806)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:05 PM
Author: galvanic high-end police squad area

lol

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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: Mahogany resort roast beef

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

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



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: appetizing center

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=2Ã#49567815)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: galvanic high-end police squad area

You got it reversed

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



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Date: January 13th, 2026 10:42 PM
Author: galvanic high-end police squad area



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