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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?
mind-boggling wine kitty cat resort
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
Bistre bonkers roast beef theatre
  01/05/26
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Hilarious Demanding Jap
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
mind-boggling wine kitty cat resort
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
cerebral church
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
Sapphire hyperventilating immigrant
  01/05/26
...
Rebellious stock car point
  01/05/26
Cr
appetizing stag film preventive strike
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...
Flirting nighttime half-breed new version
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
Amber french trust fund organic girlfriend
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
mind-boggling wine kitty cat resort
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
Amber french trust fund organic girlfriend
  01/05/26
...
Mustard Sound Barrier Pit
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
lavender comical mad-dog skullcap
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
mind-boggling wine kitty cat resort
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
lavender comical mad-dog skullcap
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
Electric dun stead
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
mind-boggling wine kitty cat resort
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
mischievous rigpig stage
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
Electric dun stead
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
Up-to-no-good useless theater stage
  01/05/26
...
Rebellious stock car point
  01/05/26
...
angry passionate space cuck
  01/05/26
...
heady bisexual round eye
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
Crimson idiot
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
razzle turquoise mexican locus
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
mind-boggling wine kitty cat resort
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
saffron dashing sweet tailpipe really tough guy
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
mind-boggling wine kitty cat resort
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
Sooty Water Buffalo Piazza
  01/05/26
Cr.
slippery black woman police squad
  01/05/26
...
Diverse scourge upon the earth
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
heady bisexual round eye
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
saffron dashing sweet tailpipe really tough guy
  01/06/26
lol
heady bisexual round eye
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
razzle-dazzle aggressive meetinghouse
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
Boyish poppy people who are hurt
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
heady bisexual round eye
  01/07/26
...
heady bisexual round eye
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: mind-boggling wine kitty cat resort

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: Bistre bonkers roast beef theatre

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: Hilarious Demanding Jap



(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: mind-boggling wine kitty cat resort

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: cerebral church

“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: Sapphire hyperventilating immigrant

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: Rebellious stock car point



(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: appetizing stag film preventive strike

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: Flirting nighttime half-breed new version



(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: Amber french trust fund organic girlfriend

"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: mind-boggling wine kitty cat resort

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: Amber french trust fund organic girlfriend

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: Mustard Sound Barrier Pit



(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: lavender comical mad-dog skullcap

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: mind-boggling wine kitty cat resort

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: lavender comical mad-dog skullcap

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: Electric dun stead

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: mind-boggling wine kitty cat resort

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: mischievous rigpig stage

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: Electric dun stead

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: Up-to-no-good useless theater stage

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: Rebellious stock car point



(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: angry passionate space cuck



(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: heady bisexual round eye



(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: Crimson idiot

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: razzle turquoise mexican locus

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: mind-boggling wine kitty cat resort

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: saffron dashing sweet tailpipe really tough guy

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: mind-boggling wine kitty cat resort

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: Sooty Water Buffalo Piazza

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: slippery black woman police squad

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: Diverse scourge upon the earth



(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: heady bisexual round eye

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: saffron dashing sweet tailpipe really tough guy

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: heady bisexual round eye

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: razzle-dazzle aggressive meetinghouse

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: Boyish poppy people who are hurt

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: heady bisexual round eye

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: heady bisexual round eye



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