Best practice for R12 upgrade middle of the period

Does anyone know of where I can find an Oracle documented best practice on when to perform the 12.1.1 upgrade? We are considering if we can upgrade in the middle of a period or if we should wait until the period close.

Best practice is to read the name of a forum before you post into it.
This forum is titled: "Oracle Database General Questions."
My suspicion is your question relates to EBS.

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