What to do if a conference rebuttal is closed before the specified deadline? My paper was submitted to a conference, and they sent me a rebuttal email specifying the deadline in UTC-12 time zone.
However, when I prepared my rebuttal and tried to submit it into the system, I found that the system was closed. The time was over in my time zone but more than 12 hours were still remaining in UTC-12 time zone.
Although my paper seemed to be accepted(maybe somewhat marginally), yet I did not want to demonstrate a naive attitude.
What is the best thing to do in such a situation?
There's always a person, and they're usually reasonable. Just contact the conference chair or program committee chair and ask them to let you know how to send in your rebuttal.
In short, talk to people.