diff --git a/excel-importer-test/src_test/com/axonivy/util/excel/test/TestExcelReader.java b/excel-importer-test/src_test/com/axonivy/util/excel/test/TestExcelReader.java
index 1d6fe91..16d669f 100644
--- a/excel-importer-test/src_test/com/axonivy/util/excel/test/TestExcelReader.java
+++ b/excel-importer-test/src_test/com/axonivy/util/excel/test/TestExcelReader.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ void parseColumns_xlsx(@TempDir Path dir) throws IOException {
         .contains("Firstname", "Lastname");
     assertThat(columns).contains(
         new Column("Firstname", String.class, 255), new Column("ZIP", Integer.class),
-        new Column("Amount", Double.class), new Column("Birthdate", Timestamp.class), // should be a date
+        new Column("Amount", Double.class), new Column("Birthdate", Date.class), // should be a date
         new Column("Note", String.class, 811),
         new Column("Column contains texts in incorrect number format", String.class, 255),
         new Column("Column contains both text and numeric", String.class, 255)
@@ -44,4 +44,15 @@ void parseColumnsOver255Characters_xlsx(@TempDir Path dir) throws IOException {
     		new Column("Summary", String.class, 823));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void parseColumnsSeveralDateFormats_xlsx(@TempDir Path dir) throws IOException {
+    Path path = dir.resolve("customers.xlsx");
+    TstRes.loadTo(path, "sample_date_format.xlsx");
+    Workbook wb = ExcelLoader.load(path);
+    List<Column> columns = ExcelReader.parseColumns(wb.getSheetAt(0));
+    assertThat(columns).extracting(Column::getName).contains("Start date", "End date", "Date without year");
+    assertThat(columns).contains(new Column("Start date", Date.class),
+        new Column("End date", Date.class), new Column("Date without year", Date.class));
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/excel-importer-test/src_test/com/axonivy/util/excel/test/sample_date_format.xlsx b/excel-importer-test/src_test/com/axonivy/util/excel/test/sample_date_format.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fed09ec
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diff --git a/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/ExcelReader.java b/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/ExcelReader.java
index 1300ae1..3119074 100644
--- a/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/ExcelReader.java
+++ b/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/ExcelReader.java
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 package com.axonivy.util.excel.importer;
 
-import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.text.DecimalFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Date;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.ObjectUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ private static Column toColumn(String fieldName, Cell cell) {
     switch (cell.getCellType()) {
     case NUMERIC:
       if (DateUtil.isCellDateFormatted(cell)) {
-        return new Column(fieldName, Timestamp.class);
+        return new Column(fieldName, Date.class);
       }
       if (CellUtils.isInteger(cell)) {
         return new Column(fieldName, Integer.class);