I think there might actually be a slight lag in analytics reporting data. I'm also not sure how for daily traffic when the cutoff for midnight is (if its a time zone or the time zone of the user)
Why is your poll about something completely different? Google Analytics is not real time. Segments that look at hourly reports are about 2 hours behind, daily reports, 24 hours
Analytics are not available in realtime. They average about 2 hours behind and I've twice had times they were 48hours behind! I know we all get used to real-time data but that's just not how that one works.