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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?
passionate offensive codepig nowag
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
Odious locale
  01/05/26
...
motley red weed whacker people who are hurt
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
passionate offensive codepig nowag
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
Beta laughsome friendly grandma
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
massive ceo trailer park
  01/05/26
...
Ultramarine Effete Multi-billionaire
  01/05/26
Cr
maize vengeful travel guidebook
  01/05/26
...
cream splenetic cuck
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
Bespoke Exhilarant Hell Jew
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
passionate offensive codepig nowag
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
Bespoke Exhilarant Hell Jew
  01/05/26
...
light vigorous lodge
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
twinkling razzmatazz theater
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
passionate offensive codepig nowag
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
twinkling razzmatazz theater
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
swollen violet idea he suggested
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
passionate offensive codepig nowag
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
spruce home double fault
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
swollen violet idea he suggested
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
Orange Gaped Internal Respiration
  01/05/26
...
Ultramarine Effete Multi-billionaire
  01/05/26
...
low-t dopamine
  01/05/26
...
adulterous forum indirect expression
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
Bonkers irradiated organic girlfriend cruise ship
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
flesh round eye
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
passionate offensive codepig nowag
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
federal trump supporter
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
passionate offensive codepig nowag
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
frisky khaki national half-breed
  01/05/26
Cr.
cobalt naked space son of senegal
  01/05/26
...
Hideous Onyx Hunting Ground Hall
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
adulterous forum indirect expression
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
federal trump supporter
  01/06/26
lol
adulterous forum indirect expression
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
unholy big site pocket flask
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
pink useless brakes
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
adulterous forum indirect expression
  01/07/26
...
;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: passionate offensive codepig nowag

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: Odious locale

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: motley red weed whacker people who are hurt



(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: passionate offensive codepig nowag

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: Beta laughsome friendly grandma

“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: massive ceo trailer park

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: Ultramarine Effete Multi-billionaire



(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: maize vengeful travel guidebook

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: cream splenetic cuck



(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: Bespoke Exhilarant Hell Jew

"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: passionate offensive codepig nowag

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: Bespoke Exhilarant Hell Jew

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: light vigorous lodge



(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: twinkling razzmatazz theater

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: passionate offensive codepig nowag

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: twinkling razzmatazz theater

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: swollen violet idea he suggested

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: passionate offensive codepig nowag

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: spruce home double fault

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: swollen violet idea he suggested

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: Orange Gaped Internal Respiration

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: Ultramarine Effete Multi-billionaire



(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: low-t dopamine



(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: adulterous forum indirect expression



(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: Bonkers irradiated organic girlfriend cruise ship

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: flesh round eye

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: passionate offensive codepig nowag

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: federal trump supporter

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: passionate offensive codepig nowag

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: frisky khaki national half-breed

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: cobalt naked space son of senegal

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: Hideous Onyx Hunting Ground Hall



(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: adulterous forum indirect expression

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: federal trump supporter

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: adulterous forum indirect expression

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: unholy big site pocket flask

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: pink useless brakes

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: adulterous forum indirect expression

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)