Downtime will start an hour late on Wednesday Dec 19 (http://community.eveonline.com/news/newsFromEve.asp?newsTitle=downtime-will-start-an-hour-late)
18 December 2012, 11:51 am
On Wednesday December 19 downtime will start an hour later than usual, or at 12:00 UTC. The duration of the downtime will remain the same as always and we will reserve 30 minutes to finish running all the necessary downtime tasks and cleanups.
Stay safe!
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