I'm also having the same issue on a current project. There's a set of +/- buttons that control the size of a time range window. Clicking the +/- buttons increase/decrease the size of the window, but for the start time + makes the time seconds value smaller, and - makes the seconds value larger. For the end value, it is exactly the opposite. But for the window size, both sets of buttons do what one expects. So it's a matter of perspective that needs to be clear to the user.