SMART Availability for Calendar Year 2027

SMART is generally available to users as follows:

Day	Open Time	Closing Time
Sunday	1 pm	12 am
Monday	12 am	7 pm
Tuesday – Friday	6 am	7 pm
Saturday	6 am	7 pm

The dates below are exceptions where the system may not be available to users. Any changes to the below will be communicated by a SMART announcement.

System Maintenance

The dates listed below are maintenance days where the system may not be available at the normal time on Sunday. The maintenance window begins Saturday evenings at 6 pm and the system will open at 1 pm on Sunday if maintenance is complete, or immediately following the completion of the maintenance if after 1 pm. 

January 3rd

February 7th

March 7th

April 4th

May 2nd

June 6th

July 4th

August 1st

September 5th

October 3rd

November 7th

December 5th

Fiscal Year-End

The dates listed below are days the system will not be available to end users due to fiscal year-end processing:

Saturday, June 26, 2027 – Wednesday, June 30, 2027

Tuesday, July 6, 2027 unavailable 6 am – 10 am*

*Available after year end closing is complete. A SMART announcement will be sent when the system is opened for users.

System Upgrade

The system will be unavailable to end users due to an infrastructure & software upgrade in the 2nd half of 2027. This generally occurs over a Friday through Sunday timeframe.

Specific dates will be announced with as much lead time as possible.

System Critical Patch Updates (CPUs)

CPUs are released quarterly and will be applied if there is a significant security impact on SMART. Specific dates for their application will be announced with as much lead time as possible. This generally occurs over a weekend.

System Archiving

The system will be unavailable to end users over 2 weekends due to system archiving scheduled in Fall 2027. A specific date will be announced with as much lead time as possible.

Thank you,

The SMART Team