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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?
Odious church building mediation
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
Adventurous glassy gaming laptop
  01/05/26
...
swashbuckling blood rage
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
Odious church building mediation
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
Hot misunderstood step-uncle's house
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
talented menage
  01/05/26
...
Pearly candlestick maker pit
  01/05/26
Cr
brindle crawly institution
  01/05/26
...
cerebral field useless brakes
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
mahogany toaster lodge
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
Odious church building mediation
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
mahogany toaster lodge
  01/05/26
...
slippery exhilarant tanning salon
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
shimmering zombie-like senate
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
Odious church building mediation
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
shimmering zombie-like senate
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
disgusting impressive shrine
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
Odious church building mediation
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
Passionate Mother
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
disgusting impressive shrine
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
mewling spectacular antidepressant drug
  01/05/26
...
Pearly candlestick maker pit
  01/05/26
...
Curious saffron fanboi location
  01/05/26
...
lake bat-shit-crazy crotch abode
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
coiffed milk
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
Poppy violent coldplay fan ape
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
Odious church building mediation
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
Floppy yapping digit ratio
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
Odious church building mediation
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
stirring seedy cuck rehab
  01/05/26
Cr.
Big Stain
  01/05/26
...
Chartreuse dysfunction
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
lake bat-shit-crazy crotch abode
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
Floppy yapping digit ratio
  01/06/26
lol
;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
federal preventive strike striped hyena
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
Boyish private investor
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;
  01/07/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: Odious church building mediation

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: Adventurous glassy gaming laptop

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: swashbuckling blood rage



(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: Odious church building mediation

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: Hot misunderstood step-uncle's house

“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: talented menage

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: Pearly candlestick maker pit



(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: brindle crawly institution

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: cerebral field useless brakes



(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: mahogany toaster lodge

"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: Odious church building mediation

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: mahogany toaster lodge

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: slippery exhilarant tanning salon



(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: shimmering zombie-like senate

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: Odious church building mediation

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: shimmering zombie-like senate

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: disgusting impressive shrine

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: Odious church building mediation

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: Passionate Mother

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: disgusting impressive shrine

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: mewling spectacular antidepressant drug

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: Pearly candlestick maker pit



(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: Curious saffron fanboi location



(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: lake bat-shit-crazy crotch abode



(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: coiffed milk

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: Poppy violent coldplay fan ape

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: Odious church building mediation

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: Floppy yapping digit ratio

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: Odious church building mediation

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: stirring seedy cuck rehab

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: Big Stain

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: Chartreuse dysfunction



(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: lake bat-shit-crazy crotch abode

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: Floppy yapping digit ratio

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: federal preventive strike striped hyena

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: Boyish private investor

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)