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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?
Sable cruel-hearted internal respiration step-uncle's house
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
Alcoholic shrine
  01/05/26
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coiffed comical faggot firefighter
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
Sable cruel-hearted internal respiration step-uncle's house
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
concupiscible university
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
Ocher Glittery Stage Death Wish
  01/05/26
...
passionate lodge
  01/05/26
Cr
Chestnut market gaping
  01/05/26
...
galvanic address place of business
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
Naked forum
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
Sable cruel-hearted internal respiration step-uncle's house
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
Naked forum
  01/05/26
...
Adulterous tanning salon
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
Heady mint hall cuckold
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
Sable cruel-hearted internal respiration step-uncle's house
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
Heady mint hall cuckold
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
pale big-titted antidepressant drug
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
Sable cruel-hearted internal respiration step-uncle's house
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
Provocative Associate Theater Stage
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
pale big-titted antidepressant drug
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
shimmering pervert
  01/05/26
...
passionate lodge
  01/05/26
...
diverse drunken box office genital piercing
  01/05/26
...
hateful 180 pocket flask hell
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
Floppy Patrolman Travel Guidebook
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
Seedy crackhouse round eye
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
Sable cruel-hearted internal respiration step-uncle's house
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
gold aromatic dog poop corner
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
Sable cruel-hearted internal respiration step-uncle's house
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
electric maniacal jew tank
  01/05/26
Cr.
marvelous shaky resort half-breed
  01/05/26
...
hairraiser mustard love of her life
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
hateful 180 pocket flask hell
  01/05/26
There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of tha...
gold aromatic dog poop corner
  01/06/26
lol
hateful 180 pocket flask hell
  01/07/26
At the end of the day, what does it matter?
insecure telephone brunch
  01/05/26
close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by...
Vivacious dopamine depressive
  01/06/26
You got it reversed
hateful 180 pocket flask hell
  01/07/26
...
hateful 180 pocket flask hell
  01/13/26


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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: Sable cruel-hearted internal respiration step-uncle's house

Also--your time or their time?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564535)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:15 PM
Author: Alcoholic shrine

your time eod 12am

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564546)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: coiffed comical faggot firefighter



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564549)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: Sable cruel-hearted internal respiration step-uncle's house

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=5310907",#49564561)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: concupiscible university

“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=5310907",#49564839)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: Ocher Glittery Stage Death Wish

eod = midnight

cob = 1700

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564552)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: passionate lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564562)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:51 PM
Author: Chestnut market gaping

Cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564673)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:53 PM
Author: galvanic address place of business



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564678)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:19 PM
Author: Naked forum

"When it's done"



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564555)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:21 PM
Author: Sable cruel-hearted internal respiration step-uncle's house

What if it's not done until after EOD?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564564)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:26 PM
Author: Naked forum

Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564579)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: Adulterous tanning salon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49565826)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: Heady mint hall cuckold

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=5310907",#49564560)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:23 PM
Author: Sable cruel-hearted internal respiration step-uncle's house

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=5310907",#49564569)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: Heady mint hall cuckold

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=5310907",#49564624)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: pale big-titted antidepressant drug

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=5310907",#49564576)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:31 PM
Author: Sable cruel-hearted internal respiration step-uncle's house

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=5310907",#49564589)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: Provocative Associate Theater Stage

I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564630)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:42 PM
Author: pale big-titted antidepressant drug

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=5310907",#49564645)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: shimmering pervert

2pm if a scientist needs to review it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564577)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM
Author: passionate lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564629)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 5:06 PM
Author: diverse drunken box office genital piercing



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564881)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:45 PM
Author: hateful 180 pocket flask hell



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49565722)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: Floppy Patrolman Travel Guidebook

usually means "within the hour"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564613)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:44 PM
Author: Seedy crackhouse round eye

9 or 10pm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49564647)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: Sable cruel-hearted internal respiration step-uncle's house

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=5310907",#49564680)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:47 PM
Author: gold aromatic dog poop corner

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=5310907",#49564828)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 6:09 PM
Author: Sable cruel-hearted internal respiration step-uncle's house

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=5310907",#49565016)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 8:29 PM
Author: electric maniacal jew tank

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=5310907",#49565377)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:26 PM
Author: marvelous shaky resort half-breed

Cr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49565691)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:44 PM
Author: hairraiser mustard love of her life



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49565821)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: hateful 180 pocket flask hell

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=5310907",#49565681)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:13 PM
Author: gold aromatic dog poop corner

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=5310907",#49567806)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:05 PM
Author: hateful 180 pocket flask hell

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49569664)



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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM
Author: insecure telephone brunch

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49565824)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: Vivacious dopamine depressive

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=5310907",#49567815)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: hateful 180 pocket flask hell

You got it reversed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49569669)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 10:42 PM
Author: hateful 180 pocket flask hell



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907",#49587793)