diff --git a/target_bigquery/db_sync.py b/target_bigquery/db_sync.py
index d487c43..72bc562 100644
--- a/target_bigquery/db_sync.py
+++ b/target_bigquery/db_sync.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def bigquery_type(property_type, property_format):
     #
     # TODO: Detect if timezone postfix exists in the JSON and find if DATETIME or
     # TIMESTAMP which includes time zone is the better column type
-    if property_format == 'date-time':
+    if property_format in ['date', 'date-time']:
         return 'timestamp'
     elif property_format == 'time':
         return 'time'
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def column_schema_avro(name, schema_property):
         else:
             result_type = 'string'
 
-    elif property_format == 'date-time':
+    elif property_format in ['date', 'date-time']:
         result_type = {
             'type': 'long',
             'logicalType': 'timestamp-micros'}
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_db_sync.py b/tests/unit/test_db_sync.py
index 186813e..828cb6a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_db_sync.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_db_sync.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def mapper(schema_property):
         # Incoming JSON schema types
         json_str = {"type": ["string"]}
         json_str_or_null = {"type": ["string", "null"]}
+        json_date = {"type": ["string"], "format": "date"}
         json_dt = {"type": ["string"], "format": "date-time"}
         json_dt_or_null = {"type": ["string", "null"], "format": "date-time"}
         json_t = {"type": ["string"], "format": "time"}
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ def mapper(schema_property):
         # Mapping from JSON schema types ot BigQuery column types
         self.assertEqual(mapper(json_str), ('string', 'NULLABLE'))
         self.assertEqual(mapper(json_str_or_null), ('string', 'NULLABLE'))
+        self.assertEqual(mapper(json_date), ('timestamp', 'NULLABLE'))
         self.assertEqual(mapper(json_dt), ('timestamp', 'NULLABLE'))
         self.assertEqual(mapper(json_dt_or_null), ('timestamp', 'NULLABLE'))
         self.assertEqual(mapper(json_t), ('time', 'NULLABLE'))