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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?
ebony offensive boiling water nibblets
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
Amethyst casino
  01/05/26
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erotic cruel-hearted foreskin prole
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
ebony offensive boiling water nibblets
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
racy principal's office brethren
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
shaky state quadroon
  01/05/26
...
180 angry stag film dog poop
  01/05/26
Cr
Nighttime mind-boggling antidepressant drug temple
  01/05/26
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Bat Shit Crazy Site
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
Nofapping trip spot
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
ebony offensive boiling water nibblets
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
Nofapping trip spot
  01/05/26
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Khaki Rehab Circlehead
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
concupiscible pervert
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
ebony offensive boiling water nibblets
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
concupiscible pervert
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
sickened costumed elastic band
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
ebony offensive boiling water nibblets
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
flushed dashing range knife
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
sickened costumed elastic band
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
lilac vengeful property mental disorder
  01/05/26
...
180 angry stag film dog poop
  01/05/26
...
Disturbing dilemma
  01/05/26
...
Indigo provocative preventive strike
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
Thriller Useless Brakes
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
Glittery bull headed background story menage
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
ebony offensive boiling water nibblets
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
Mischievous Friendly Grandma Field
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
ebony offensive boiling water nibblets
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
Arrogant copper plaza mexican
  01/05/26
Cr.
vigorous mediation
  01/05/26
...
buck-toothed bronze area
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
Indigo provocative preventive strike
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
Mischievous Friendly Grandma Field
  01/06/26
lol
Indigo provocative preventive strike
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
Maize comical stage
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
curious crystalline fat ankles selfie
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
Indigo provocative preventive strike
  01/07/26
...
;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;;
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: ebony offensive boiling water nibblets

Also--your time or their time?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564535)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:15 PM
Author: Amethyst casino

your time eod 12am

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564546)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: erotic cruel-hearted foreskin prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564549)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: ebony offensive boiling water nibblets

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\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564561)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: racy principal's office brethren

“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\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564839)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: shaky state quadroon

eod = midnight

cob = 1700

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564552)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: 180 angry stag film dog poop



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564562)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:51 PM
Author: Nighttime mind-boggling antidepressant drug temple

Cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564673)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:53 PM
Author: Bat Shit Crazy Site



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564678)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:19 PM
Author: Nofapping trip spot

"When it's done"



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564555)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:21 PM
Author: ebony offensive boiling water nibblets

What if it's not done until after EOD?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564564)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:26 PM
Author: Nofapping trip spot

Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564579)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: Khaki Rehab Circlehead



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49565826)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: concupiscible pervert

depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? like 2pm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564560)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:23 PM
Author: ebony offensive boiling water nibblets

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\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564569)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: concupiscible pervert

it depends on your office culture and who else is involved

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564624)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: sickened costumed elastic band

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\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564576)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:31 PM
Author: ebony offensive boiling water nibblets

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\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564589)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: flushed dashing range knife

I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564630)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:42 PM
Author: sickened costumed elastic band

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\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564645)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: lilac vengeful property mental disorder

2pm if a scientist needs to review it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564577)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: 180 angry stag film dog poop



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564629)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 5:06 PM
Author: Disturbing dilemma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564881)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:45 PM
Author: Indigo provocative preventive strike



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49565722)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: Thriller Useless Brakes

usually means "within the hour"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564613)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:44 PM
Author: Glittery bull headed background story menage

9 or 10pm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564647)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: ebony offensive boiling water nibblets

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\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564680)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:47 PM
Author: Mischievous Friendly Grandma Field

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\u0026mark_id=4593694#49564828)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 6:09 PM
Author: ebony offensive boiling water nibblets

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\u0026mark_id=4593694#49565016)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 8:29 PM
Author: Arrogant copper plaza mexican

in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49565377)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:26 PM
Author: vigorous mediation

Cr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49565691)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:44 PM
Author: buck-toothed bronze area



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49565821)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: Indigo provocative preventive strike

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\u0026mark_id=4593694#49565681)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:13 PM
Author: Mischievous Friendly Grandma Field

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\u0026mark_id=4593694#49567806)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:05 PM
Author: Indigo provocative preventive strike

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49569664)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: Maize comical stage

At the end of the day, what does it matter?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49565824)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: curious crystalline fat ankles selfie

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\u0026mark_id=4593694#49567815)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: Indigo provocative preventive strike

You got it reversed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#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\u0026mark_id=4593694#49587793)