Make a custom time slider
CustomTimeSliderButton.vb
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Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.ArcMapUI
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Display
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Public Class CustomTimeSliderButton
  Inherits ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Button

  Private m_myLayerTimeExtent As ITimeExtent = Nothing
  Private m_myLayerIntervalUnits As ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.esriTimeUnits
  Private m_myLayerInterval As Double = 0
  Private m_sliderDlg As TimeSliderDialog = Nothing


  Public Sub New()

  End Sub

  Protected Overrides Sub OnClick()
    Dim pMxDoc As IMxDocument = My.ArcMap.Document
    If pMxDoc.SelectedLayer Is Nothing Then
      MessageBox.Show("There is no layer selected.  First select a time-aware layer.")
      Return
    End If

    Dim pFLyr As IFeatureLayer = TryCast(pMxDoc.SelectedLayer, IFeatureLayer)
    Dim pTimeData As ITimeData = TryCast(pFLyr, ITimeData)
    If (Not pTimeData.SupportsTime) Then
      MessageBox.Show("Select a time-aware layer first.")
      Return
    End If
    m_myLayerTimeExtent = pTimeData.GetFullTimeExtent()

    Dim pTimeDataDisplayProperties As ITimeDataDisplay = TryCast(pFLyr, ITimeDataDisplay)
    m_myLayerIntervalUnits = pTimeDataDisplayProperties.TimeIntervalUnits
    m_myLayerInterval = pTimeDataDisplayProperties.TimeInterval

    m_sliderDlg = New TimeSliderDialog(Me)
    m_sliderDlg.Show()
  End Sub
  Public Function GetTimeExtent() As ITimeExtent
    Return m_myLayerTimeExtent
  End Function

  Private Sub Multiply(ByVal duration As ITimeDuration, ByVal factor As Double)
    duration.SetFromTicks(CLng(Fix(duration.QueryTicks() * factor)))
  End Sub

  Public Sub UpdateCurrentTime(ByVal progress As Double)
    My.ArcMap.Application.StatusBar.Message(0) = "progress = " & progress & ", interval = " & m_myLayerInterval

    'Calculate how far into the layer to jump
    Dim offsetToNewCurrentTime As ITimeDuration = m_myLayerTimeExtent.QueryTimeDuration

    offsetToNewCurrentTime.Scale(progress)

    Dim pMxDoc As IMxDocument = My.ArcMap.Document
    Dim pMap As IMap = pMxDoc.FocusMap
    Dim pActiveView As IActiveView = TryCast(pMap, IActiveView)
    Dim pScreenDisplay As IScreenDisplay = pActiveView.ScreenDisplay
    Dim pTimeDisplay As ITimeDisplay = TryCast(pScreenDisplay, ITimeDisplay)

    Dim endTime As ITime = m_myLayerTimeExtent.StartTime
    Dim endTimeDuration As ITimeOffsetOperator
    endTimeDuration = TryCast(endTime, ITimeOffsetOperator)
    endTimeDuration.AddDuration(offsetToNewCurrentTime)

    Dim startTime As ITime = CType((CType(endTime, IClone)).Clone(), ITime)
    Dim startTimeOffsetOp As ITimeOffsetOperator
    startTimeOffsetOp = TryCast(startTime, ITimeOffsetOperator)

    Select Case m_myLayerIntervalUnits
      Case ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsYears
        startTimeOffsetOp.AddYears(-1 * m_myLayerInterval, False, True)
      Case ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsMonths
        startTimeOffsetOp.AddMonths(-1 * m_myLayerInterval, False, True)
      Case ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsDays
        startTimeOffsetOp.AddDays(-1 * m_myLayerInterval)
      Case ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsHours
        startTimeOffsetOp.AddHours(-1 * m_myLayerInterval)
      Case ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsMinutes
        startTimeOffsetOp.AddMinutes(-1 * m_myLayerInterval)
      Case ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsSeconds
        startTimeOffsetOp.AddSeconds(-1 * m_myLayerInterval)
    End Select

    Dim pTimeExt As ITimeExtent = New TimeExtentClass()
    pTimeExt.SetExtent(startTime, endTime)
    pTimeDisplay.TimeValue = TryCast(pTimeExt, ITimeValue)
    pActiveView.Refresh()

  End Sub

  Protected Overrides Sub OnUpdate()
    Enabled = True
  End Sub
End Class