Problem was not solved, but it was eventually explained.
The methods I used had been deprecated. [https://developers.google.com/youtube/2.0/developers_guide_protocol_video_feeds#Standard_feeds] is explaining why there is always the same output.
All standard video feeds except the most_popular feed have been deprecated. In response to requests for other feeds, the API will return the most_popular feed with a default time parameter value of today.