I hope you can take better photos of your passport pages than this picture you posted. The embassy asked for "high quality" photos. Do not cut off the edges of the passport pages, frame the pictures slightly larger than the pages.
Typically 3 months of 500K+ embassy specific, that being said sometimes they ask for 6 months of bank statements to get an idea of your financial stability, but that doesn't mean the 500k has to be in for all 6 months.
I don't know what to say other than this must have something to do with an early check in time, for instance I don't think you're going to be let through passport control before midnight if you have a 4:00 a.m. flight. Regardless my understanding is it's always been the time you stamp out.