Sure, there are benefits to timing your eating windows to make being in a calorie deficit easier for you, but lets say you work a 15 hour shift, eating a 900 calorie meal after that before bed isn't going to make you gain weight. All it boils down to is that you follow your calorie deficit, sure there are benefits to not eating too late at night such as having your hunger cravings hit while your asleep during IF, allows for body to sleep and recover rather than digesting food, you weigh lighter in the morning since your body has digested the food more than if you ate at 11pm, some simple things like that...