Finished an email at night? Gmail can send it tomorrow.
You finally remember to reply to the person fixing your fence, but it's late and the question can wait until morning. Leaving it in Drafts means remembering it again tomorrow. In Gmail on a computer, write the message, click the arrow beside Send, then choose Schedule send and pick the date and time. Google's existing guide says you can find it again under Scheduled. If the plan changes, open the message and choose Cancel send; it returns to Drafts. Editing means cancelling, making the change and scheduling it again. Check the time zone when choosing the time, especially while travelling. Google says delivery uses the time zone you scheduled in and may happen a few minutes late, so I wouldn't use this for an exact deadline. I'd use it for an ordinary non-urgent reply I have already finished, not as a reason to start clearing my inbox at bedtime. This is a documented Gmail feature, not a new release or a test I've run. Sometimes the useful automation is just getting tomorrow's send off your mind.
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I'd put the reply deadline in the message, too: ‘Could you let me know by Thursday afternoon?’ An email arriving at nine doesn't tell the other person whether you need an answer in ten minutes or three days. If you're sending it to someone you manage, say plainly when it can wait. Choosing a kinder send time helps; making them guess how quickly they have to respond leaves some of the pressure there.