To manually type the date without using the arrow or the backslash keys you can subscribe to the KeyDown event of the TextBoxItem and control the selected part of the date manually. Sample implementation of this approach is available in the attached project.
Let me know if you have additional questions.
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Dimitar
Telerik
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