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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?
Curious Set Nibblets
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
Sinister parlor
  01/05/26
...
passionate point french chef
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
Curious Set Nibblets
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
racy sadistic gay wizard
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
Overrated demanding office
  01/05/26
...
Unhinged institution
  01/05/26
Cr
deep vigorous church double fault
  01/05/26
...
Lake Garrison Mad-dog Skullcap
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
Crawly ivory private investor
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
Curious Set Nibblets
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
Crawly ivory private investor
  01/05/26
...
Cerebral idea he suggested water buffalo
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
Dark police squad
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
Curious Set Nibblets
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
Dark police squad
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
misunderstood olive half-breed dilemma
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
Curious Set Nibblets
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
Laughsome Chartreuse Ratface House
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
misunderstood olive half-breed dilemma
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
Hyperventilating Cracking Digit Ratio
  01/05/26
...
Unhinged institution
  01/05/26
...
Impertinent property knife
  01/05/26
...
glittery disgusting mad cow disease brunch
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
tripping vermilion kitty tanning salon
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
outnumbered talking lodge
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
Curious Set Nibblets
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
Plum violent temple
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
Curious Set Nibblets
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
sexy theater
  01/05/26
Cr.
unholy milk orchestra pit
  01/05/26
...
pungent diverse multi-billionaire cuckoldry
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
glittery disgusting mad cow disease brunch
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
Plum violent temple
  01/06/26
lol
glittery disgusting mad cow disease brunch
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
Abnormal carmine chad senate
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
Amber boyish cruise ship
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
glittery disgusting mad cow disease brunch
  01/07/26
...
;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: Curious Set Nibblets

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: Sinister parlor

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: passionate point french chef



(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: Curious Set Nibblets

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: racy sadistic gay wizard

“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: Overrated demanding office

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: Unhinged institution



(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: deep vigorous church double fault

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: Lake Garrison Mad-dog Skullcap



(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: Crawly ivory private investor

"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: Curious Set Nibblets

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: Crawly ivory private investor

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: Cerebral idea he suggested water buffalo



(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: Dark police squad

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: Curious Set Nibblets

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: Dark police squad

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: misunderstood olive half-breed dilemma

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: Curious Set Nibblets

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: Laughsome Chartreuse Ratface House

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: misunderstood olive half-breed dilemma

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: Hyperventilating Cracking Digit Ratio

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: Unhinged institution



(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: Impertinent property knife



(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: glittery disgusting mad cow disease brunch



(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: tripping vermilion kitty tanning salon

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: outnumbered talking lodge

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: Curious Set Nibblets

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: Plum violent temple

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: Curious Set Nibblets

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: sexy theater

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: unholy milk orchestra pit

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: pungent diverse multi-billionaire cuckoldry



(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: glittery disgusting mad cow disease brunch

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: Plum violent temple

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: glittery disgusting mad cow disease brunch

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: Abnormal carmine chad senate

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: Amber boyish cruise ship

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: glittery disgusting mad cow disease brunch

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)