This news comes to is via EQ2 ZAM who got it from the FreeRealms forums:
Sony Online Entertainment will perform maintenance beginning at 6:00 AM Pacific on February 16, 2012. This will impact the following services:
- Account management will be unavailable starting at 6:00 AM to approximately 7:00 AM Pacific.
- Commerce transactions, including purchases on our websites and in-game marketplaces will be unavailable between 6:00 AM to approximately 7:00 AM Pacific.
- Forums will be read-only starting at 6:00 AM to approximately 7:00 AM Pacific.
- Login for our games will be affected from 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM Pacific (players already logged in should not be impacted).
Time Zone Conversions
- PST: 6:00-7:00am
- EST: 9:00-10:00am
- GMT: 14:00-15:00
- CET: 15:00-16:00