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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?
Primrose irradiated legal warrant mental disorder
  01/05/26
your time eod 12am
infuriating jet-lagged house
  01/05/26
...
Pungent Frisky Temple
  01/05/26
Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the pe...
Primrose irradiated legal warrant mental disorder
  01/05/26
“Assume you don't have a reason to think the people wa...
motley property scourge upon the earth
  01/05/26
eod = midnight cob = 1700
diverse sapphire school cafeteria
  01/05/26
...
high-end coffee pot
  01/05/26
Cr
Embarrassed to the bone corn cake haunted graveyard
  01/05/26
...
insane stead
  01/05/26
"When it's done"
contagious dull parlour
  01/05/26
What if it's not done until after EOD?
Primrose irradiated legal warrant mental disorder
  01/05/26
Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks
contagious dull parlour
  01/05/26
...
Supple grizzly gunner market
  01/05/26
depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? li...
Marvelous becky
  01/05/26
Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule. ...
Primrose irradiated legal warrant mental disorder
  01/05/26
it depends on your office culture and who else is involved
Marvelous becky
  01/05/26
Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more app...
geriatric sickened area shitlib
  01/05/26
Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone want...
Primrose irradiated legal warrant mental disorder
  01/05/26
I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make
alcoholic disgusting piazza
  01/05/26
Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend t...
geriatric sickened area shitlib
  01/05/26
2pm if a scientist needs to review it
Bull headed base
  01/05/26
...
high-end coffee pot
  01/05/26
...
Bistre abode
  01/05/26
...
Cyan Cumskin Site
  01/05/26
usually means "within the hour"
chest-beating cerise menage blood rage
  01/05/26
9 or 10pm
electric toilet seat puppy
  01/05/26
Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after...
Primrose irradiated legal warrant mental disorder
  01/05/26
It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zo...
soul-stirring lilac keepsake machete
  01/05/26
What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, req...
Primrose irradiated legal warrant mental disorder
  01/05/26
in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight.
insanely creepy fuchsia fortuitous meteor
  01/05/26
Cr.
Concupiscible location
  01/05/26
...
Buck-toothed sweet tailpipe dragon
  01/05/26
More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you...
Cyan Cumskin Site
  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?
Amber bossy pervert
  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: Primrose irradiated legal warrant mental disorder

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: infuriating jet-lagged house

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: Pungent Frisky Temple



(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: Primrose irradiated legal warrant mental disorder

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: motley property scourge upon the earth

“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: diverse sapphire school cafeteria

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: high-end coffee pot



(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 corn cake haunted graveyard

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: insane stead



(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: contagious dull parlour

"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: Primrose irradiated legal warrant mental disorder

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: contagious dull parlour

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: Supple grizzly gunner market



(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: Marvelous becky

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: Primrose irradiated legal warrant mental disorder

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: Marvelous becky

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: geriatric sickened area shitlib

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: Primrose irradiated legal warrant mental disorder

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: alcoholic disgusting 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: geriatric sickened area shitlib

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: Bull headed base

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: high-end coffee pot



(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: Bistre abode



(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: Cyan Cumskin Site



(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: chest-beating cerise menage blood rage

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: electric toilet seat puppy

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: Primrose irradiated legal warrant mental disorder

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: soul-stirring lilac keepsake machete

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: Primrose irradiated legal warrant mental disorder

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: insanely creepy fuchsia fortuitous meteor

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: Concupiscible location

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: Buck-toothed sweet tailpipe dragon



(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: Cyan Cumskin Site

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: Amber bossy pervert

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)