I am not entirely sure if this option is already bulit in to the core mybb but this could be helpful when running contests and polls to have the thread automatically close when the closing date and time have been reached. as an example the thread / poll for member of the year would close on 7th January at 11:59pm automaically (after being set when the thread was created). Just thinking this would take away having to remember to come back and close the thread manually. I know with some paid forum software this is possible. It's been a while since I have used the admin control panel of mybb. The cloest I found to doing this was delayed moderation and further details can be found here. The only thing is it doesn't look like you can set a specific date / time, you can only set the number of days. I suppose this could still be useful. Unless there is a plugin that could do this. I suppose what I was looking for was giving members the option to do this (without them needing to be a moderator). Just thought I would post this as food for thought.
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