I am getting this error message while creating table with one of the column has data type as date

Msg 2715, Level 16, State 7, Line 2
Column, parameter, or variable #11: Cannot find data type date.

I have also tried to change the compatibility level 

alter database test
set compatibility_level = 90
go

and received an error message 

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 2  
Incorrect syntax near '90'.
sql sql-server-2005
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