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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?
Razzle scourge upon the earth
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
appetizing tan abode
  01/05/26
...
balding vermilion locale
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
Razzle scourge upon the earth
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
Citrine house-broken toaster hunting ground
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
bearded dopamine
  01/05/26
...
Know-it-all Vengeful Psychic
  01/05/26
Cr
Fuchsia site pisswyrm
  01/05/26
...
Pink mind-boggling meetinghouse
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
Glassy Nudist National Security Agency
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
Razzle scourge upon the earth
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
Glassy Nudist National Security Agency
  01/05/26
...
wonderful hot trailer park
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
rough-skinned kitty cat step-uncle's house
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
Razzle scourge upon the earth
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
rough-skinned kitty cat step-uncle's house
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
provocative white internal respiration
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
Razzle scourge upon the earth
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
slippery dingle berry
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
provocative white internal respiration
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
insane out-of-control mediation piazza
  01/05/26
...
Know-it-all Vengeful Psychic
  01/05/26
...
deep blathering persian place of business
  01/05/26
...
Autistic filthpig
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
dull jap
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
Vibrant stubborn pit
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
Razzle scourge upon the earth
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
Henna marketing idea resort
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
Razzle scourge upon the earth
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
Nubile lay party of the first part
  01/05/26
Cr.
Smoky theatre multi-billionaire
  01/05/26
...
fragrant godawful kitchen
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
Autistic filthpig
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
Henna marketing idea resort
  01/06/26
lol
Autistic filthpig
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
Demanding plaza coffee pot
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
Ivory Swashbuckling Library Corn Cake
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
Autistic filthpig
  01/07/26
...
;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: Razzle scourge upon the earth

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: appetizing tan abode

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: balding vermilion locale



(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: Razzle scourge upon the earth

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: Citrine house-broken toaster hunting ground

“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: bearded dopamine

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: Know-it-all Vengeful Psychic



(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: Fuchsia site pisswyrm

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: Pink mind-boggling meetinghouse



(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: Glassy Nudist National Security Agency

"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: Razzle scourge upon the earth

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: Glassy Nudist National Security Agency

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: wonderful hot trailer park



(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: rough-skinned kitty cat step-uncle's house

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: Razzle scourge upon the earth

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: rough-skinned kitty cat step-uncle's house

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: provocative white internal respiration

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: Razzle scourge upon the earth

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: slippery dingle berry

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: provocative white internal respiration

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: insane out-of-control mediation piazza

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: Know-it-all Vengeful Psychic



(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: deep blathering persian place of business



(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: Autistic filthpig



(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: dull jap

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: Vibrant stubborn 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: Razzle scourge upon the earth

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: Henna marketing idea resort

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: Razzle scourge upon the earth

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: Nubile lay party of the first part

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: Smoky theatre multi-billionaire

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: fragrant godawful kitchen



(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: Autistic filthpig

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: Henna marketing idea resort

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: Autistic filthpig

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: Demanding plaza coffee pot

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: Ivory Swashbuckling Library Corn Cake

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: Autistic filthpig

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)