You will need work the interval slider in terms of [`AbsoluteTime`](http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/AbsoluteTime.html) because the slider only works with numeric objects. Here is a demonstration. With[{ min0 = AbsoluteTime @ DateObject[{2015, 3, 8, 10, 0, 0.}], max0 = AbsoluteTime @ DateObject[{2015, 3, 8, 12, 30, 0.}], minT = AbsoluteTime @ DateObject[{2015, 3, 8, 0, 0, 0.}], maxT = AbsoluteTime @ DateObject[{2015, 3, 8, 22, 30, 0.}]}, Manipulate[ DateString /@ span, {{span, {min0, max0}, "Interval"}, minT, maxT, 5 60, ControlType -> IntervalSlider}]] ![demo][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/WpS5H.png