Broken: tests/coops_test.py::test_coops_data_products_w_date_input[7-cb1101-currents]

[pmav99]

The test of the title is broken.

This is what is causing the failure of CI/CD too.

https://github.com/oceanmodeling/searvey/blob/4d23de7bd5a9ffe363f5d299e96a5a3bce6bc8ed/.github/workflows/install_from_pypi.yml
https://github.com/oceanmodeling/searvey/actions/runs/11046019490/job/30684650806

ERROR    searvey._coops_api:_coops_api.py:262 cb1101: Encountered an error response for {'station_id': 'cb1101', 'url': URL('https://api.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/prod/datagetter?station=cb1101&product=currents&datum=MSL&units=metric&time_zone=gmt&format=json&application=oceanmodeling%2Fstormevents&begin_date=20240919%2005%3A17&end_date=20240926%2005%3A17'), 'client': <httpx.Client object at 0x7f99a7a70b60>, 'rate_limit': <multifutures._rate_limit.RateLimit object at 0x7f99a7a70f20>, 'product': <COOPS_Product.CURRENTS: 'currents'>, 'redirect': True}!
ERROR    searvey._coops_api:_coops_api.py:263 --> No data was found. This product may not be offered at this station at the requested time.
WARNING  searvey._coops_api:_coops_api.py:390 COOPS-cb1101: No data. Creating a dummy dataframe
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FAILED tests/coops_test.py::test_coops_data_products_w_date_input[7-cb1101-currents] - TypeError: Invalid comparison between dtype=datetime64[ns] and Timestamp
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stopping after 1 failures !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The problem is that the test is written in a way that tries to retrieve the last N days of data since the current day. This is fragile because if a station gets offline or something then we might not get any data.

[pmav99]

@SorooshMani-NOAA This is still an issue. I will mark it as an xfail and we can fix it later.