Upload tool date format error

Upload tool date format error

I'm using the upload tool to automatically insert data into some tables.  One of the datasets includes a monthly report with a date like "July 2011" and the column has "MMMM yyyy" as the date format.  But when I upload the data, the date column always comes across as blank.  If I set the column's datatype to plain text, the data gets inserted/uploaded as expected.  Is there a way to have the column be a date, but accept dates in the "July 2011" format?