Make a custom time slider
CustomTimeSliderButton.cs
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.ArcMapUI;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Display;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace MakeACustomTimeControl2008
{
  public class CustomTimeSliderButton : ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Button
  {
    ITimeExtent m_myLayerTimeExtent = null;
    ITimeDuration m_layerInterval = null;
    TimeSliderDialog m_sliderDlg = null;

    public CustomTimeSliderButton()
    {
    }

    protected override void OnClick()
    {
      IMxDocument pMxDoc = ArcMap.Document;
      if (pMxDoc.SelectedLayer == null)
      {
        MessageBox.Show("There is no layer selected.  First select a time-aware layer.");
        return;
      }

      IFeatureLayer pFLyr = pMxDoc.SelectedLayer as IFeatureLayer;
      ITimeData pTimeData = pFLyr as ITimeData;
      if (!pTimeData.SupportsTime)
      {
        MessageBox.Show("Select a time-aware layer first.");
        return;
      }
      m_myLayerTimeExtent = pTimeData.GetFullTimeExtent();

      ITimeDataDisplay pTimeDataDisplayProperties = pFLyr as ITimeDataDisplay;
      esriTimeUnits LayerIntervalUnits = pTimeDataDisplayProperties.TimeIntervalUnits;
      double LayerInterval = pTimeDataDisplayProperties.TimeInterval;
      ITime startTime = m_myLayerTimeExtent.StartTime;
      ITime endTime = (ITime)((IClone)startTime).Clone();

      switch (LayerIntervalUnits)
      {
        case esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsYears:
          ((ITimeOffsetOperator)endTime).AddYears(LayerInterval, false, true);
          break;
        case esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsMonths:
          ((ITimeOffsetOperator)endTime).AddMonths(LayerInterval, false, true);
          break;
        case esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsDays:
          ((ITimeOffsetOperator)endTime).AddDays(LayerInterval);
          break;
        case esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsHours:
          ((ITimeOffsetOperator)endTime).AddHours(LayerInterval);
          break;
        case esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsMinutes:
          ((ITimeOffsetOperator)endTime).AddMinutes(LayerInterval);
          break;
        case esriTimeUnits.esriTimeUnitsSeconds:
          ((ITimeOffsetOperator)endTime).AddSeconds(LayerInterval);
          break;
      }

      ITimeExtent pTimeExt = new TimeExtentClass();
      pTimeExt.SetExtent(startTime, endTime);
      m_layerInterval = pTimeExt.QueryTimeDuration();


      m_sliderDlg = new TimeSliderDialog(this);
      m_sliderDlg.Show();
    }

    public ITimeExtent GetTimeExtent()
    {
      return m_myLayerTimeExtent;
    }

    public void UpdateCurrentTime(double progress)
    {
      if (progress <= 0)
        progress = 0.05;
      else if (progress >= 100)
        progress = 0.95;

      //Calculate how far into the layer to jump
      ITimeDuration offsetToNewCurrentTime = m_myLayerTimeExtent.QueryTimeDuration();
      offsetToNewCurrentTime.Scale(progress);

      IMxDocument pMxDoc = ArcMap.Document;
      IMap pMap = pMxDoc.FocusMap;
      IActiveView pActiveView = pMap as IActiveView;
      IScreenDisplay pScreenDisplay = pActiveView.ScreenDisplay;
      ITimeDisplay pTimeDisplay = pScreenDisplay as ITimeDisplay;

      ITime startTime = m_myLayerTimeExtent.StartTime;
      ITime endTime = (ITime)((IClone)startTime).Clone();
      ((ITimeOffsetOperator)endTime).AddDuration(m_layerInterval);
      ITimeExtent pTimeExt = new TimeExtentClass();
      pTimeExt.SetExtent(startTime, endTime);
      pTimeExt.Empty = false;
      ((ITimeOffsetOperator)pTimeExt).AddDuration(offsetToNewCurrentTime);
      pTimeDisplay.TimeValue = pTimeExt as ITimeValue;
      pActiveView.Refresh();

    }

    protected override void OnUpdate()
    {
      Enabled = true;
    }
  }

}