# What time of the day/day of the week is best...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-of-the-day-day-of-the-week-is-best/589194>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 15, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-of-the-day-day-of-the-week-is-best/589194 "2011-07-15T22:52:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-of-the-day-day-of-the-week-is-best/589194/1 "2011-07-15T22:52:20Z")

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What time of the day/day of the week do you think is best for posting a query if you really want an answer?

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**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-of-the-day-day-of-the-week-is-best/589194/2 "2011-07-15T22:55:57Z")

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:: crickets chirping::

Evidently not now.

Just kidding.

For me it would be midday, Monday through Friday. But that’s just because that’s when I’m on it most.

Also might depend on the question.

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**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-of-the-day-day-of-the-week-is-best/589194/3 "2011-07-15T23:20:50Z")

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Damn. Maybe I wasn’t kidding. 😃

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-of-the-day-day-of-the-week-is-best/589194/4 "2011-07-15T23:28:49Z")

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If it’s about Judaism, any time that’s not between Friday afternoon and Saturady night.

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-of-the-day-day-of-the-week-is-best/589194/5 "2011-07-15T23:50:17Z")

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Maybe you should post a bunch of copies of the question at various times, and see which ones get answered.

It’s a chance for science!

-D/a

\*No…please don’t…

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**Author:** ![Kalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalypso)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-of-the-day-day-of-the-week-is-best/589194/6 "2011-07-16T00:07:15Z")

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I’d think Friday evening would be especially bad. I’d _guess_ around noon US Eastern time would be pretty good, Monday through Friday.