ChChing - canadian channel

I am trying to make SiteIni for this canadian channel.

<channel update="i" site="chch.com" site_id="dummy" xmltv_id="CHCH.cdn">ChChing</channel> 

The schedule is here: http://chch.com/sched/schedule.php

But grabber has to occur from here:  http://chch.com/sched/db_work.php

Since the schedule requerst has no date value, I have to read the date in the SiteIni.  Tried to include it in the start values, or in a separate date scrub.

Both failed. 

When I scrub without the date included somewhere the scrub works.  However from the moment I touch the date - failure.

[  Debug ] 20170906
[  Debug ] ----------end----element----------
[Error   ] Unable to update channel CHCH.cdn
[Critical] Generic syntax exception:
[Critical]    message:
[Error   ] Current culture: en-GB
[Error   ] time parsing error : De tekenreeks is niet als geldige DateTime herkend.
[Error   ] index_date time scrubbed : 20170906
[Error   ] computer date/time format: 06/09/2017 10:04:39
[  Info  ] Existing guide data restored!

Help is wanted here.

Willy