Today was a bad choice for NA maintenance.

[Canadane]

Am I upset? Not really. Maintenance like this is needed to keep game like ffxiv running.

This isn't your normal basic maintenance, mind you. It's a large infrastructure change. Maybe not as large as when they moved from Canada to the US, but it's a little more drastic than their regular upkeep.
But you have the right attitude about these things!

[Iscah]

Just depends on the location. In Canada we have both Good Friday and Easter Monday as holidays (not floating), whereas that's not the case in the US.

I think it's more that Easter Monday is a "permanently floating" holiday, because Easter Sunday is (funnily enough) always going to fall on a Sunday and so will always need to be relocated to the Monday. So the Monday itself becomes the holiday, and might as well be official.

[Crystal_Raven]

Imagine that. The servers going down for a data split and maintenance at the time that was stated 2 months ago.

[Gula]

[Enjoys the time by reading lore books and snacking on forum salt]

[noxen]

careful, you might get high cholesterol from snaccing on all this salt.

[Vahlnir]

Imagine that. The servers going down for a data split and maintenance at the time that was stated 2 months ago.

This made me laugh harder than it should have.

[Zarabeth]

Make a character on Pandemonium and come play for the day!

[Arrhin]

Actually both Good Friday AND Easter Monday are holidays in Canada. So there's that.

It is? Colour me surprised because I've only ever gotten one or the other off at the employers discretion. Checking on .gov and indeed there is only one statutory holiday which is Good Friday. Near as I can tell only Gov't employees get both.

[Syrehn]

I think it's more that Easter Monday is a "permanently floating" holiday, because Easter Sunday is (funnily enough) always going to fall on a Sunday and so will always need to be relocated to the Monday. So the Monday itself becomes the holiday, and might as well be official.

Maybe it is in some places, however Easter Monday is actually it's own thing here (Canada); it's not a floating holiday to make up for Sunday.

[Syrehn]

It is? Colour me surprised because I've only ever gotten one or the other off at the employers discretion. Checking on .gov and indeed there is only one statutory holiday which is Good Friday. Near as I can tell only Gov't employees get both.

I should have been a bit more specific. It's a Public holiday in Alberta, New Brunswick, NWT, Nunavut and Quebec (not sure if any other provinces participate) but it's not a Statutory holiday like Good Friday is.

Additional info here: https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays.../easter-monday