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 665a18b..993c249 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.util.Date;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ 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", Date.class), // should be a date
+        new Column("Amount", Double.class), new Column("Birthdate", Timestamp.class), // should be a date
         new Column("Note", String.class, 811)
     );
   }
diff --git a/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/Column.java b/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/Column.java
index e28b32f..5409f75 100644
--- a/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/Column.java
+++ b/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/Column.java
@@ -48,10 +48,12 @@ public void setDatabaseFieldLength(Integer databaseFieldLength) {
 
   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object object) {
-    if (this == object)
+    if (this == object) {
       return true;
-    if (object == null || getClass() != object.getClass())
+    }
+    if (object == null || getClass() != object.getClass()) {
       return false;
+    }
 
     Column column = (Column) object;
 
diff --git a/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/EntityDataLoader.java b/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/EntityDataLoader.java
index 5084dcf..a3c4528 100644
--- a/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/EntityDataLoader.java
+++ b/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/EntityDataLoader.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Statement;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ private static Object getValue(Cell cell) {
     }
     if (cell.getCellType() == CellType.NUMERIC) {
       if (DateUtil.isCellDateFormatted(cell)) {
-        return cell.getDateCellValue();
+        return new Timestamp(cell.getDateCellValue().getTime());
       }
       return cell.getNumericCellValue();
     } else if (cell.getCellType() == CellType.BOOLEAN) {
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 1731870..7dbd622 100644
--- a/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/ExcelReader.java
+++ b/excel-importer/src/com/axonivy/util/excel/importer/ExcelReader.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package com.axonivy.util.excel.importer;
 
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ private static Column toColumn(String fieldName, Cell cell) {
     switch (cell.getCellType()) {
     case NUMERIC:
       if (DateUtil.isCellDateFormatted(cell)) {
-        return new Column(fieldName, Date.class);
+        return new Column(fieldName, Timestamp.class);
       }
       if (CellUtils.isInteger(cell)) {
         return new Column(fieldName, Integer.class);