Commented Unassigned: problem populating maskededitextender with date [28016]

I've upgraded to the latest ajax toolkit and now and having problems with the maskededitextender. It works great when my users are filling out forms but when I try to display the contents of the form later on, I cannot get the dates to populate. I narrowed things down to a small piece of code to demonstrate.
Here is the html for a textbox and mask:
<asp:TextBox ID="tbDOB" runat="server" MaxLength="20"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:MaskedEditExtender ID="MaskedEditDOB" runat="server" Mask="99/99/9999" MaskType="Date" TargetControlID="tbDOB" />

And in the vb.net code behind the page, I simply want to populate that textbox as follows:
tbDOB.text = "1/1/2015"
(Normally, this would be a date retrieved from the database - this is easier to see the issue)

When I load the page, the textbox appears with the mask (__/__/____) but does not put 1/1/2015 in the box.

What am I doing wrong? I swear this was working before I updated the toolkit so perhaps there is a different way to handle dates in the extender? If I get rid of the mask, then the date populates without a problem.

Comments: The example you provided earlier is running without any issues on my side. I attached a sample project so that you can check this behavior on your side. Please let me know if this example helps you.