What am I doing wrong?

[SettValleyConsulting]

So I have a sequential file with dates in the form 2012-11-25. On the format tab of the sequential file I set the format string for dates to be %yyyy-%mm-%dd.

The help text for this property is

'The string format of a date. By default, the format of the date string is %yyyy-%mm-%dd.

reinforced by the online help:

When you specify a date format string, prefix each component with the percent symbol (%) and separate the string's components with a suitable literal character.

The default date_format is %yyyy-%mm-%dd.

so I should be pretty safe, no? Well the job throws this warning

sq_StatsFiles: When validating import schema: Unrecognized top level format property: date_format="%yyyy-%mm-%dd"

This has been asked before but the thread fizzled out without a resolution, anyone seen this behaviour? What's wrong with my format string?

TIA

[satishmailbox]

may be try specifying at column level (double click next to column name) not at stage level

[SURA]

I will read it as Varchar.

[abhijain]

It would be good, if read it as VARCHAR first and then convert into Date format using Datastage function using

StringToDate(InputString,"%yyyy-%mm-%dd")