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l2bin - Aqua (and Terra) data selected for wrong dataday

Recent data (not sure how far back it goes, though) from Aqua and Terra have data selected for the wrong day. In the Worldview image below data that should be in data day 2025-12-11 are put in 2025-12-12. Two granules that are preceeded and followed by granules that are properly identified as Dec 11th "dataday".

Screenshot_2025-12-12_at_1.34.49_PM

Below is the output of get_dataday for the two incorrect granules and their properly identified neighbors:

AQUA_MODIS.20251212T012501.L2.OC.NRT.nc
Day_Night_Flag=Day
DataDay0=2025-12-11
AQUA_MODIS.20251212T013001.L2.OC.NRT.nc
Day_Night_Flag=Day
DataDay0=2025-12-12
AQUA_MODIS.20251212T013500.L2.OC.NRT.nc
Day_Night_Flag=Day
DataDay0=2025-12-12
AQUA_MODIS.20251212T014000.L2.OC.NRT.nc
# Scene crossed dateline
Day_Night_Flag=Mixed
DataDay0=2025-12-11
DataDay1=2025-12-12