de.hybris.platform.impex.jalo.ImpExException[HY--1] Exception in Hybris ImpEx

I am getting de.hybris.platform.impex.jalo.ImpExException[HY--1] Exception when I try and run this ImpEx code below. I have specified the atomictype property as java.time.LocalDate in my items.xml file.

INSERT_UPDATE ExtendedEmployee;uid[unique=true];Employee_id[unique=true];Department(code);DateOfBirth
;Jas;67890;HR;1997-10-23

Items.xml file:

<atomictypes>
    <atomictype class="java.time.LocalDate"
        extends="java.lang.Object" autocreate="true" generate="false" />
</atomictypes>
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<itemtype code="ExtendedEmployee" extends="Employee"
            generate="false" autocreate="true">

            <attributes>

                <attribute type="java.lang.String"
                    qualifier="Employee_Id">
                    <modifiers read="true" write="true" search="true"
                        optional="false" />
                    <persistence type="property" />
                </attribute>

                <attribute type="DepartmentType" qualifier="Department">
                    <modifiers read="true" write="true" search="true"
                        optional="false" />
                    <persistence type="property" />
                </attribute>

                <attribute type="java.lang.Boolean"
                    qualifier="ActiveStatus">
                    <modifiers read="true" write="true" search="true" />
                    <persistence type="property" />
                    <defaultvalue>java.lang.Boolean.TRUE</defaultvalue>
                </attribute>

                <attribute type="java.time.LocalDate" qualifier="DateOfBirth">
                    <modifiers read="true" write="true" search="true"
                        optional="false" />
                    <persistence type="property" />
                </attribute>

                <attribute type="java.lang.Integer" qualifier="Age">
                    <modifiers read="true" write="true" search="true" />
                    <persistence type="dynamic"
                        attributeHandler="ageHandler" />
                </attribute>

            </attributes>

        </itemtype>

As I mentioned in comment section, HSQL does not support the LocalDate as data-type. When changed to java.util.Date, it works fine.