diff --git a/packages/geoview-core/public/configs/package-time-slider2-config-time-slider.json b/packages/geoview-core/public/configs/package-time-slider2-config-time-slider.json
index 529d2bd5a12..b944db591bb 100644
--- a/packages/geoview-core/public/configs/package-time-slider2-config-time-slider.json
+++ b/packages/geoview-core/public/configs/package-time-slider2-config-time-slider.json
@@ -16,37 +16,7 @@
         "field": "datetime",
         "default": ["1940-01-01T05:00:00Z", "1980-01-01T05:00:00Z"],
         "unitSymbol": "",
-        "range": {
-          "type": "absolute",
-          "range": [
-            "1900-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1904-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1908-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1912-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1916-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1920-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1924-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1928-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1932-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1936-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1940-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1944-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1948-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1952-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1956-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1960-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1964-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1968-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1972-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1976-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1980-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1984-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1988-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1992-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "1996-01-01T05:00:00Z",
-            "2000-01-01T05:00:00Z"
-          ]
-        },
+        "range": "1900-01-01T05:00:00Z/2000-01-01T05:00:00Z/P1Y",
         "nearestValues": "absolute",
         "singleHandle": false
       }
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 09550af7c3c..290a991e62e 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
@@ -121,7 +121,13 @@ 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()]
+      : defaultValue
+      ? [new Date(defaultValue[0]).getTime(), new Date(defaultValue[1]).getTime()]
+      : [...minAndMax];
+
     const sliderData: TimeSliderLayerSet = {
       [layerPath]: {
         name,
diff --git a/packages/geoview-core/src/geo/layer/geoview-layers/abstract-geoview-layers.ts b/packages/geoview-core/src/geo/layer/geoview-layers/abstract-geoview-layers.ts
index b3b1623cb7a..30627f54db6 100644
--- a/packages/geoview-core/src/geo/layer/geoview-layers/abstract-geoview-layers.ts
+++ b/packages/geoview-core/src/geo/layer/geoview-layers/abstract-geoview-layers.ts
@@ -1506,8 +1506,16 @@ export abstract class AbstractGeoViewLayer {
    * @param {string} layerPath The layer path to the layer's configuration affected by the change.
    * @param {TimeDimension} timeDimension The value to assign to the layer temporal dimension property.
    */
-  setTemporalDimension(layerPath: string, timeDimension: TimeDimension): void {
+  setTemporalDimension(layerPath: string, temporalDimension: TimeDimension): void {
     layerPath = layerPath || this.layerPathAssociatedToTheGeoviewLayer;
+    const timeDimension: TimeDimension = {
+      field: temporalDimension.field,
+      default: temporalDimension.default,
+      unitSymbol: temporalDimension.unitSymbol,
+      nearestValues: temporalDimension.nearestValues,
+      range: api.dateUtilities.createRangeOGC(temporalDimension.range as unknown as string),
+      singleHandle: temporalDimension.singleHandle,
+    };
     this.layerTemporalDimension[layerPath] = timeDimension;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/geoview-time-slider/src/time-slider.tsx b/packages/geoview-time-slider/src/time-slider.tsx
index 5d412dc149c..f31ccbe5b7f 100644
--- a/packages/geoview-time-slider/src/time-slider.tsx
+++ b/packages/geoview-time-slider/src/time-slider.tsx
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ export function TimeSlider(TimeSliderPanelProps: TimeSliderPanelProps) {
 
   // Get actions and states from store
   // TODO: evaluate best option to set value by layer path.... trough a getter?
-  const { setTitle, setDescription, setValues, setLocked, setReversed, setDelay, setFiltering } =
-    useTimeSliderStoreActions();
+  const { setTitle, setDescription, setValues, setLocked, setReversed, setDelay, setFiltering } = useTimeSliderStoreActions();
 
   // TODO: check performance as we should technically have one selector by constant
   const {
@@ -330,7 +329,6 @@ export function TimeSlider(TimeSliderPanelProps: TimeSliderPanelProps) {
               style={{ width: '80%', color: 'primary' }}
               min={minAndMax[0]}
               max={minAndMax[1]}
-              defaultValue={defaultValue}
               value={values}
               valueLabelFormat={(value) => valueLabelFormat(value)}
               marks={sliderMarks}