How to add date as a column in SQL server?

Question

I want to add date column in my SQL table. It is giving me the error: cannot find the data type DATE.
I tried writing:
Create table employee(
EmpID varchar(10),
RetireDate DATE,
Branch Varchar(20));
I also tried writing the date data type as:
RetireDate Date
RetireDate date
RetireDate DATE(YYYY/MM/DD)
RetireDate date(yyyy/mm/dd)
But everytime it is giving the same error.

Answer 1

Perhaps it's because of the Compatibility Level.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1685026/problem-with-date-type-in-sql-server

Answer 2

Previous SQL Server versions only support the datetime and smalldatetime data type.

Answer 3

smalldatetime and datetime both worked.
Thank you