diff --git a/packages/geoview-core/src/api/event-processors/event-processor-children/time-slider-event-processor.ts b/packages/geoview-core/src/api/event-processors/event-processor-children/time-slider-event-processor.ts
index 6efe62f1fb6..95151f8153d 100644
--- a/packages/geoview-core/src/api/event-processors/event-processor-children/time-slider-event-processor.ts
+++ b/packages/geoview-core/src/api/event-processors/event-processor-children/time-slider-event-processor.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ export class TimeSliderEventProcessor extends AbstractEventProcessor {
     const name = getLocalizedValue(api.maps[mapId].layer.geoviewLayers[layerPath.split('/')[0]].geoviewLayerName, mapId) || layerPath;
     const temporalDimensionInfo = api.maps[mapId].layer.geoviewLayer(layerPath).getTemporalDimension();
     const { range } = temporalDimensionInfo.range;
-    const defaultValue = temporalDimensionInfo.default;
+    const defaultValueIsArray = Array.isArray(temporalDimensionInfo.default);
+    const defaultValue = defaultValueIsArray ? temporalDimensionInfo.default[0] : temporalDimensionInfo.default;
     const minAndMax: number[] = [new Date(range[0]).getTime(), new Date(range[range.length - 1]).getTime()];
     const { field, singleHandle } = temporalDimensionInfo;
 
@@ -122,7 +123,12 @@ export class TimeSliderEventProcessor extends AbstractEventProcessor {
     const fieldIndex = localizedOutFields ? localizedOutFields.indexOf(field) : -1;
     if (fieldIndex !== -1 && localizedAliasFields?.length === localizedOutFields?.length) fieldAlias = localizedAliasFields![fieldIndex];
 
-    const values = singleHandle ? [new Date(temporalDimensionInfo.default).getTime()] : [...minAndMax];
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-nested-ternary
+    const values = singleHandle
+      ? [new Date(temporalDimensionInfo.default).getTime()]
+      : defaultValueIsArray
+      ? [new Date(temporalDimensionInfo.default[0]).getTime(), new Date(temporalDimensionInfo.default[1]).getTime()]
+      : [...minAndMax];
 
     const sliderData: TimeSliderLayerSet = {
       [layerPath]: {