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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?
Soul-stirring chestnut stead
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
Indigo Wonderful Useless Brakes Faggot Firefighter
  01/05/26
...
Iridescent adventurous masturbator
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
Soul-stirring chestnut stead
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
Deep disturbing ticket booth
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
Onyx Aromatic Set
  01/05/26
...
effete sexy menage coldplay fan
  01/05/26
Cr
comical psychic
  01/05/26
...
Concupiscible Know-it-all Orchestra Pit International Law Enforcement Agency
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
Slate Motley Crotch Death Wish
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
Soul-stirring chestnut stead
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
Slate Motley Crotch Death Wish
  01/05/26
...
.........,,.,.,.,.,,,,,,.,.,.,.,.,.
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
Autistic Bawdyhouse Legal Warrant
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
Soul-stirring chestnut stead
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
Autistic Bawdyhouse Legal Warrant
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
Mauve Galvanic Voyeur Theater Stage
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
Soul-stirring chestnut stead
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
crusty impressive factory reset button coffee pot
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
Mauve Galvanic Voyeur Theater Stage
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
excitant institution police squad
  01/05/26
...
effete sexy menage coldplay fan
  01/05/26
...
Swashbuckling nighttime indirect expression market
  01/05/26
...
thriller bonkers library yarmulke
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
saffron razzmatazz mad cow disease
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
Slimy Idiot
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
Soul-stirring chestnut stead
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
glittery pocket flask milk
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
Soul-stirring chestnut stead
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
Jade doctorate
  01/05/26
Cr.
Bearded talented turdskin senate
  01/05/26
...
Kenneth Play
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
thriller bonkers library yarmulke
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
Josh_Allen
  01/06/26
lol
;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
Ass Sunstein
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;
  01/07/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: Soul-stirring chestnut stead

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: Indigo Wonderful Useless Brakes Faggot Firefighter

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: Iridescent adventurous masturbator



(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: Soul-stirring chestnut stead

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: Deep disturbing ticket booth

“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: Onyx Aromatic Set

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: effete sexy menage coldplay fan



(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: comical psychic

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: Concupiscible Know-it-all Orchestra Pit International Law Enforcement Agency



(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: Slate Motley Crotch Death Wish

"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: Soul-stirring chestnut stead

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: Slate Motley Crotch Death Wish

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: .........,,.,.,.,.,,,,,,.,.,.,.,.,. ( )




(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: Autistic Bawdyhouse Legal Warrant

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: Soul-stirring chestnut stead

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: Autistic Bawdyhouse Legal Warrant

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: Mauve Galvanic Voyeur Theater Stage

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: Soul-stirring chestnut stead

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: crusty impressive factory reset button coffee pot

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: Mauve Galvanic Voyeur Theater Stage

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: excitant institution police squad

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: effete sexy menage coldplay fan



(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: Swashbuckling nighttime indirect expression market



(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: thriller bonkers library yarmulke



(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: saffron razzmatazz mad cow disease

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: Slimy Idiot

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: Soul-stirring chestnut stead

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: glittery pocket flask milk

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: Soul-stirring chestnut stead

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: Jade doctorate

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: Bearded talented turdskin senate

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: Kenneth Play (emotional girth)



(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: thriller bonkers library yarmulke

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: Josh_Allen

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: Ass Sunstein

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: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


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)