date type changing to timestamp without time zone in postgres 9.4

When I create a table with a column whose type is date the type gets forced to timestamp without timezone after it gets created

ops=# CREATE TABLE test (

ops(# name varchar(40) NOT NULL,

ops(# start date NOT NULL

ops(# );

CREATE TABLE

ops=# \d test;

Table "public.test"

Column | Type | Modifiers

--------+-----------------------------+-----------

name | character varying(40) | not null

start | timestamp without time zone | not null

ops=#

The table creation is just a test, my original issue is while restoring a backup (pg_dump/pg_restore) from another server also 9.4, where the date types on numerous columns get forced to change to timestamp without timezone.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Rishi