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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?
Nubile Stage
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
Cracking Crimson School Cafeteria Sneaky Criminal
  01/05/26
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lime alcoholic crackhouse
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
Nubile Stage
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
Sooty misanthropic cruise ship tank
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
smoky federal office stain
  01/05/26
...
Transparent autistic faggot firefighter
  01/05/26
Cr
Beady-eyed pontificating national
  01/05/26
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Cerebral prole travel guidebook
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
laughsome hunting ground main people
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
Nubile Stage
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
laughsome hunting ground main people
  01/05/26
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red diverse doctorate personal credit line
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
greedy library
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
Nubile Stage
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
greedy library
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
Thriller lake friendly grandma love of her life
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
Nubile Stage
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
Motley background story resort
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
Thriller lake friendly grandma love of her life
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
Racy kitchen
  01/05/26
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Transparent autistic faggot firefighter
  01/05/26
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turquoise center
  01/05/26
...
chrome wagecucks double fault
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
vivacious bearded tanning salon
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
Bronze place of business orchestra pit
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
Nubile Stage
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
pale brethren half-breed
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
Nubile Stage
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
Soul-stirring Twinkling Parlour Lettuce
  01/05/26
Cr.
Dashing Whorehouse Mood
  01/05/26
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green church building cuckoldry
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
chrome wagecucks double fault
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
pale brethren half-breed
  01/06/26
lol
chrome wagecucks double fault
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
walnut box office
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
Supple sanctuary
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
chrome wagecucks double fault
  01/07/26
...
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  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: Nubile Stage

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: Cracking Crimson School Cafeteria Sneaky Criminal

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: lime alcoholic crackhouse



(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: Nubile Stage

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: Sooty misanthropic cruise ship tank

“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: smoky federal office stain

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: Transparent autistic faggot firefighter



(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: Beady-eyed pontificating national

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 prole travel guidebook



(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: laughsome hunting ground main people

"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: Nubile Stage

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: laughsome hunting ground main people

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: red diverse doctorate personal credit line



(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: greedy library

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: Nubile Stage

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: greedy library

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: Thriller lake friendly grandma love of her life

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: Nubile Stage

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: Motley background story resort

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: Thriller lake friendly grandma love of her life

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: Racy kitchen

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: Transparent autistic faggot firefighter



(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: turquoise center



(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: chrome wagecucks double fault



(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: vivacious bearded 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: Bronze place of business orchestra pit

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: Nubile Stage

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: pale brethren half-breed

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: Nubile Stage

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: Soul-stirring Twinkling Parlour Lettuce

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: Dashing Whorehouse Mood

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: green church building 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: chrome wagecucks double fault

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: pale brethren half-breed

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: chrome wagecucks double fault

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: walnut box office

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: Supple sanctuary

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: chrome wagecucks double fault

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)