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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?
Offensive drunken area faggot firefighter
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
brindle razzle tank reading party
  01/05/26
...
Drab razzle-dazzle roast beef
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
Offensive drunken area faggot firefighter
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
Self-centered Flushed Depressive
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
lascivious shrine psychic
  01/05/26
...
Adventurous nofapping sanctuary feces
  01/05/26
Cr
Embarrassed to the bone state
  01/05/26
...
Hyperventilating Genital Piercing
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
plum beady-eyed newt
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
Offensive drunken area faggot firefighter
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
plum beady-eyed newt
  01/05/26
...
passionate juggernaut shitlib
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
disgusting flirting hall
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
Offensive drunken area faggot firefighter
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
disgusting flirting hall
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
Irradiated pea-brained stead cumskin
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
Offensive drunken area faggot firefighter
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
amethyst piazza
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
Irradiated pea-brained stead cumskin
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
mustard indian lodge
  01/05/26
...
Adventurous nofapping sanctuary feces
  01/05/26
...
godawful big prole locus
  01/05/26
...
Irate karate incel
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
Chartreuse Parlour
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
dull multi-colored toilet seat
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
Offensive drunken area faggot firefighter
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
Shivering boyish station jew
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
Offensive drunken area faggot firefighter
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
charcoal pistol
  01/05/26
Cr.
stirring becky abode
  01/05/26
...
Umber range french chef
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
Irate karate incel
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
Shivering boyish station jew
  01/06/26
lol
Irate karate incel
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
Chest-beating lodge
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
shimmering bawdyhouse
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
Irate karate incel
  01/07/26
...
Irate karate incel
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: Offensive drunken area faggot firefighter

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: brindle razzle tank reading party

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: Drab razzle-dazzle roast beef



(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: Offensive drunken area faggot firefighter

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: Self-centered Flushed Depressive

“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: lascivious shrine psychic

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: Adventurous nofapping sanctuary feces



(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: Embarrassed to the bone state

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: Hyperventilating Genital Piercing



(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: plum beady-eyed newt

"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: Offensive drunken area faggot firefighter

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: plum beady-eyed newt

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: passionate juggernaut shitlib



(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: disgusting flirting hall

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: Offensive drunken area faggot firefighter

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: disgusting flirting hall

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: Irradiated pea-brained stead cumskin

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: Offensive drunken area faggot firefighter

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: amethyst piazza

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: Irradiated pea-brained stead cumskin

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: mustard indian lodge

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: Adventurous nofapping sanctuary feces



(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: godawful big prole locus



(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: Irate karate incel



(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: Chartreuse Parlour

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: dull multi-colored toilet seat

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: Offensive drunken area faggot firefighter

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: Shivering boyish station jew

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: Offensive drunken area faggot firefighter

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: charcoal pistol

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: stirring becky abode

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: Umber range french chef



(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: Irate karate incel

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: Shivering boyish station jew

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: Irate karate incel

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: Chest-beating lodge

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: shimmering bawdyhouse

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: Irate karate incel

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: Irate karate incel



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2"#49587793)