diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/type_map.py b/sdk/python/feast/type_map.py
index 7e2b8a5362..d47a4221f6 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/type_map.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/type_map.py
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ def python_type_to_feast_value_type(
         "datetime64[ns]": ValueType.UNIX_TIMESTAMP,
         "datetime64[ns, tz]": ValueType.UNIX_TIMESTAMP,  # special dtype of pandas
         "datetime64[ns, utc]": ValueType.UNIX_TIMESTAMP,
+        "date": ValueType.UNIX_TIMESTAMP,
         "category": ValueType.STRING,
     }